How long does it take to read Let's Cook It Right.?
Let's Cook It Right. by Adelle Davis takes about 10 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 34 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1947. 576 pages, about 158,400 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Adelle Davis, described on the back cover as “America’s most noted nutritionist,” was a controversial author of the last century whose books on health, diet and nutrition sold millions of copies. With Let’s Cook It Right, first published in 1947 and updated in 1972, Davis hoped to show “America’s housewives” how to achieve healthful, tasty, nutritious meals made mostly with whole, unrefined ingredients, unlike the highly refined, prepared foods in cans and boxes lining supermarket shelves and stocked in home pantries. Perhaps this excerpt from the back cover expresses her intent best: “The easy-to-follow, marvelously tempting recipes in this book will delight the most discriminating palate—and prevent the damage so often done by incorrect cooking methods and harmful ingredients and additives.”
Subjects: Nutrition, Popular Works, Cookery, whole-food recipes, American Cookery, Diet
