How Long to Read A History of Cooks and Cooking

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of Cooks and Cooking?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read A History of Cooks and Cooking by Michael Symons

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Never has there been so little need to cook. Yet Michael Symons maintains that to be truly human we need to become better cooks: practical and generous sharers of food.Fueled by James Boswell's definition of humans as cooking animals (for "no beast can cook"), Symons sets out to explore the civilizing role of cooks in history. His wanderings take us to the clay ovens of the prehistoric eastern Mediterranean and the bronze cauldrons of ancient China, to fabulous banquets in the temples and courts of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Persia, to medieval English cookshops and southeast Asian street...

How long is A History of Cooks and Cooking?

A History of Cooks and Cooking by Michael Symons is 404 pages long, and a total of 102,616 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of Cooks and Cooking Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 20 minutes to read A History of Cooks and Cooking aloud.

What Reading Level is A History of Cooks and Cooking?

A History of Cooks and Cooking is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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