ShelfLook
Tools About
Cover of The Fireside Cook Book

How long does it take to read The Fireside Cook Book?

James Beard, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen, Mark Bittman

The Fireside Cook Book by James Beard, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen, Mark Bittman takes about 5 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 59 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1949. 326 pages, about 89,650 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 58 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 59 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 44 minutes

The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Clear, easy-to-follow instructions for the basic preparation of every food, followed in each case by variations.

Subjects: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cooking, american, Cooking

More by James Beard

Books like this

Popular books of similar length