{"product_id":"the-book-of-yields-isbn-9780470197493","title":"The Book of Yields","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e now in its \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eeighth edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a chef's best resource for planning and preparing food more quickly and accurately. It is the foodservice manager's most powerful tool for controlling costs. This new edition combines yield information with information on wholesale food prices, worksheets for costing ingredients, and worksheets for planning food purchases. It is constructed with a durable comb binding that allows it to lay flat while readers work in the kitchen. This hands-on reference provides a substantial collection of accurate food measurements for more than 1,400 raw food ingredients. Measurements are given in weight-to-volume equivalents, trim yields, and cooking yields. Completely up to date with helpful information relating to new food trends, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Yields, Eighth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e will be the best the tool in your kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART I\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Dry Herbs and Spices and Fresh Herbs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Produce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Starchy Food\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Baking Items\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Fats, Oils, and Condiments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Liquids\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Dairy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Beverages\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Meats\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Seafood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Poultry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Proper Use Of Cans, Scoops, Hotel Pans, and Sheet Trays In Costing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Measurement Conversion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Simple Formulas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Standard Portion Sizes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Workbook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrice Lists\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCosting Worksheet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuide to Using the Costing Worksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePurchasing Worksheet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuide to Using the Purchasing Worksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRANCIS T. LYNCH\u003c\/b\u003e, a professional chef of almost 30 years, is the owner of ChefDesk.com, a comprehensive online resource for professionals in the food service industry. He was chef at two Caribbean resort hotels and the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, holds a lifetime teaching credential in food science, and was formerly the culinary program director at Columbia College in Sonora, California.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BOOK OF YIELDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvery 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 \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e comes in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Yields\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEighth Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Yields\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e lists weight-to-volume equivalents for dry staples like baking items, pastas, dry herbs and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis richly enhanced \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEighth Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Yields\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eYield 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew condiments, making this collection a stronger compilation of multicultural flavorings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new chapter on standard portion sizes to assist in menu planning, recipe development, and costing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFood 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Yields, Eighth Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e will become the most valuable book in your kitchen. 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