How long does it take to read Simple to Spectacular?
How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication
Simple to Spectacular by Mark Bittman takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 432 pages, about 118,800 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Simple to spectacular features a total of 250 recipes in 50 groups. Each group begins with a simple, elegant recipe--a few ingredients combined for maximum effect--followed by fully detailed, increasingly elaborate variations"--Page 2 of cover.
Subjects: Cookbooks, Cooking