The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing Paperback - 2010 - 8th Edition

From the rear cover

THE BOOK OF YIELDS

Every chef and food service manager needs to know not only how much food is needed for a prepared dish, but also how much of that ingredient to purchase. Buying too much or too little of an item will lead to waste or running out of food during a busy service. And chefs are too busy to calculate the yield for every item that comes into the kitchen. That is where The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing comes in.

The Book of Yields is a collection of accurate food measurements you will use to help cost recipes and figure out how much food to buy. Constructed with a durable binding that allows you to use it in the kitchen, this book will help all chefs, from the novice just starting out to the executive chef running the back-of-the-house operation.

This Eighth Edition also lists the trim yields and the cooking yields for numerous ingredients. You will know how much a volume of a trimmed or cooked food weighs and how many cups or pints of trimmed or cooked food is yielded--enabling you to cost a volume of trimmed or cooked food in a recipe. In addition, The Book of Yields lists weight-to-volume equivalents for dry staples like baking items, pastas, dry herbs and many more.

This richly enhanced Eighth Edition of The Book of Yields has been updated with more than 200 new foods to further expand the scope and usefulness of this work, and now includes over 1,350 foods. Just some of the resources this book offers include:

• Yield information for new ingredients, including vegetable and fruit entries, as well as numerous additions to herbs and spices, pastas, baking items, dairy, and beverages, among others
• New condiments, making this collection a stronger compilation of multicultural flavorings
• A new chapter on standard portion sizes to assist in menu planning, recipe development, and costing
• Food costing and purchasing worksheets covering all the different formulas for each type of food that show you how to think through the process and how to do the math, step by step

The Book of Yields, Eighth Edition will become the most valuable book in your kitchen. It is a quick, easy-to-use tool that you will want to keep by your side throughout your career as a chef or food service manager, saving you time and helping you become more prosperous.