It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Near a Thousand Tables by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history -- a window on the history of mankind. In this "appetizingly provocative" (Los Angeles Times) book, he guides readers through the eight great revolutions in the world history of food: the origins of cooking, which set humankind on a course apart from other species; the ritualization of eating, which brought magic and meaning into people's relationship with what they ate; the inception of herding and the invention of agriculture, perhaps the...
Near a Thousand Tables by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Near a Thousand Tables aloud.
Near a Thousand Tables is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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