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How long does it take to read How to Bake Everything?

Mark Bittman

How to Bake Everything by Mark Bittman takes about 12 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 12 hours 54 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2016. 704 pages, about 193,600 words.

26 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 21 hours 31 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 12 hours 54 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 8 hours 4 minutes

The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

In the most comprehensive book of its kind, Mark Bittman offers the ultimate baker's resource. Finally, here is the simplest way to bake everything, from American favorites (Crunchy Toffee Cookies, Baked Alaska) to of-the-moment updates (Gingerbread Whoopie Pies). It explores global baking, too: Nordic ruis, New Orleans beignets, Afghan snowshoe naan. The recipes satisfy every flavor craving thanks to more than 2,000 recipes and variations: a pound cake can incorporate polenta, yogurt, ricotta, citrus, hazelnuts, ginger, and more. New bakers will appreciate Bittman's opinionated advice on essential equipment and ingredient substitutions, plus extensive technique illustrations. The pros will find their creativity unleashed with guidance on how to adapt recipes to become vegan, incorporate new grains, improvise tarts, or create customized icebox cakes using a mix-and-match chart. Demystified, deconstructed, and debunked --baking is simpler and more flexible than you ever imagined.

Subjects: Baking, Quick and easy cooking

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