How long does it take to read The Art of Eating?
The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher takes about 13 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 44 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1954. 749 pages, about 205,975 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is the essence of M.F.K. Fisher, whose wit and fulsome opinions on food and those who produce it, comment upon it, and consume it are as apt today as they were several decades ago, when she composed them. Why did she choose food and hunger, she was asked, and she replied, 'When I write about hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth, and the love of it . . . and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied.' Includes five of her most popular works: Serve It Forth (1937) Consider the Oyster (1941) How to Cook a Wolf (1942) The Gastronomical Me (1943) An Alphabet of Gourmets (1949)
Subjects: Cookery, Gastronomy, Cooking, Women food writers
