I don't have the book anymore, so reading your comment I thought for a second I was wildly misremembering. But no, these books do fit around 200p [0].
I actually couldn't find exactly the one I had in mind, so linked to one with exactly the same title and content, and the whole genre had most books around 170~220p. The one I had was already big enough to feel cumbersome, enough so that I gave it away when moving。
Looking at the Joy of Cooking, is it a B5 format with only text in it ? I would see how moving to a "show don't tell" approach with more illlustrations and an A4 format where everything can be shown in blocks would tremendously help in getting more information density.
I actually couldn't find exactly the one I had in mind, so linked to one with exactly the same title and content, and the whole genre had most books around 170~220p. The one I had was already big enough to feel cumbersome, enough so that I gave it away when moving。
Looking at the Joy of Cooking, is it a B5 format with only text in it ? I would see how moving to a "show don't tell" approach with more illlustrations and an A4 format where everything can be shown in blocks would tremendously help in getting more information density.
[0] https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E9%A3%9F%E6%9D%90%E5%88%A5-%E3%81%...