How long does it take to read Modernist Cuisine?
Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold takes about 44 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 hours
A long haul
First published 2011. 2,400 pages, about 660,000 words.
88 days (about 13 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 73 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 27 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An overview of the techniques of modern gastronomy. Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet -- scientists, inventors, and accomplished cooks in their own right -- have created a six-volume 2,400 page set that reveals science-inspired techniques for preparing food. The authors and their 20 person team at The Cooking Lab have achieved new flavors and textures by using tools such as water baths, homogenizers, centrifuges, and ingredients such as hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, and enzymes.
Subjects: Food, Gastronomy, Cooking, Molecular gastronomy, Long Now Manual for Civilization
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