Culinary Calculations – Simplified Math for Culinary Professionals 2e : Simplified Math for Culinary Professionals

This book helps those in the culinary arts get the math knowledge and skills they need to succeed. The coverage begins with basic mathematical principles, all related to the foodservice industry, and progresses to more difficult concepts like costing, AP/EP, recipe conversion and costing, menu pricing, and inventory costs.

Culinary Calculations, Second Edition provides the mathematical knowledge and skills that are essential for a successful career in today's competitive food service industry. This user-friendly guide starts with basic principles before introducing more specialized topics like costing, AP/EP, menu pricing, recipe conversion and costing, and inventory costs. Written in a non-technical, easy-to-understand style, the book features a case study that runs through all chapters, showing the various math concepts put into real-world practice. This revised and updated Second Edition of Culinary Calculations covers relevant math skills for four key areas: Basic math for the culinary arts and food service industryMath for the professional kitchenMath for the business side of the food service industryComputer applications for the food service industry Each chapter within these sections is rich with resources, including helpful callout boxes for particular formulas and concepts, example menus and price lists, and information tables. Review questions, homework problems, and the ongoing case study end each chapter.