How long does it take to read The Essential New York Times Cookbook?
Amanda Hesser
The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser takes about 17 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 54 minutes
A long haul
First published 2010. 976 pages, about 268,400 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: cooking, recipes, cookery, food journalism, American cooking, food history
