How Long to Read Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference

How Long Does it Take to Read Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 46 minutes to read Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference by Elizabeth Schneider

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

Description

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference is at once an encyclopedia, a produce market manual, and a treasure trove of recipes. With produce specialist Elizabeth Schneider as your guide, take a seed-to-table voyage with more than 350 vegetables, both exotic and common. Discover lively newcomers to the North American cornucopia and rediscover classic favorites in surprising new guises. In this timely reference, Elizabeth Schneider divulges the secrets of the vegetable kingdom, sharing a lifetime of scholarly sleuthing and culinary experience. In her capable hands, unfamiliar vegetables such as amaranth become as familiar as zucchini -- while zucchini turns out to be more intriguing than you ever imagined. Each encyclopedic entry includes a full-color identification photo, common and botanical names, and an engaging vegetable "biography" that distills the knowledge of hundreds of authorities in dozens of fields -- scientists, growers, produce distributors, and chefs among them. Practical sections describe availability, selection, storage, preparation, and basic general use. Finally, the author's fresh contemporary recipes reveal the essence of each vegetable and a culinary sensibility that food magazine and cookbook readers have trusted for thirty years. Each entry concludes with a special "Pros Propose" section -- spectacularly innovative recipes suggested by professional chefs. Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference is an indispensable resource for home cooks, food professionals, gardeners, information seekers, and anyone who simply enjoys good reading.

How long is Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference?

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference by Elizabeth Schneider is 687 pages long, and a total of 176,559 words.

This makes it 232% the length of the average book. It also has 216% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 4 minutes to read Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference aloud.

What Reading Level is Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference?

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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