How Long to Read Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece

How Long Does it Take to Read Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece by Soultana Maria Valamoti

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

Description

This book is the outcome of more than 20 years of archaeobotanical research conducted by the author at prehistoric sites in Greece. In its 13 chapters the book offers an overview of a wide range of plant food ingredients, starting from their retrieval in the field and proceeding with a presentation of their spatial and temporal distribution as well as an exploration of their potential uses in prehistoric cuisine. Cuisine transforms nature into culture and the book offers a journey from the prehistoric fields and harvests from the wild to the dishes prepared and consumed in daily meals and special occasions. The culinary innovations introduced by the first farmers European farmers become transformed into traditions of the Neolithic which, in turn, are further modified with crop introductions from far-away places during the Bronze Age. Changes in available ingredients and recipes observed in the course of time allow insights into contact networks, culinary innovations and identities forged on food preparation and consumption practices. Special plant based substances like oil, alcoholic drinks, medicinal and hallucinogenic preparations form the basis for a discussion of special contexts of consumption and the appropriation of power. The prehistoric recipes are investigated using actual archaeobotanical food remains as well as ethnography and experimental reproduction. Continuities and change from prehistory to the historic periods are explored through ancient Greek texts while current perceptions of prehistoric cuisine by the wider public are critically discussed. The book ends with a selection of delicious recipes with simple ingredients the author has compiled, the outcome of her passion for cooking grafted with her archaeobotanical knowledge on plant ingredients and recipes.

How long is Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece?

Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece by Soultana Maria Valamoti is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece aloud.

What Reading Level is Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece?

Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Greece 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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