It takes the average reader and 57 minutes to read American Cookery; Or, the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables (Dodo Press) by Amelia Simmons
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American Cookery, written by Amelia Simmons, was the first known American cookbook that was written by an American for the American market. Until this time, the cookbooks printed and used in what became the United States were British cookbooks, so the importance of this book is obvious to American culinary history, and more generally, to the history of America. The full title of this book was: American Cookery, or the art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plum to plain cake: adapted to this country, and all grades of life. This book was quite popular and was printed, reprinted and pirated for 30 years after its first appearance. Only four copies of the first edition (Hartford, 1796) are known to exist.
American Cookery; Or, the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables (Dodo Press) by Amelia Simmons is 56 pages long, and a total of 14,336 words.
This makes it 19% the length of the average book. It also has 18% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 18 minutes to read American Cookery; Or, the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables (Dodo Press) aloud.
American Cookery; Or, the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables (Dodo Press) is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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