Culinary Math

5. Auflage Mai 2025
256 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The revised and updated edition of a leading text on foundational math skills for culinary, baking, and hospitality management students and professionals.
Culinary Math provides the explanations and steps necessary to learn and utilize the math concepts at the heart of successful foodservice operations. This edition includes newly-added introductory-level practice and homework problems. The new practice problems support learners with guidance at various difficulty levels. Student Success Tips have been added to the beginning of every chapter homework section. These tips come from the author's many years of experience supporting students learning Culinary Math topics.
A companion website hosts instructor resources, including PowerPoint slides, a test bank formatted for Respondus, and best practices for using each chapter in the classroom.
Culinary Math has been designed to help current and future foodservice professionals learn the concepts necessary to manage a successful foodservice business, including:
* Basic math concepts with a focus on the specific calculations of the foodservice industry
* Common culinary units of measure and their equivalents
* Step-by-step method for converting units of measure
* Yield Percent calculations for ordering, using, and calculating the cost of ingredients
* Determining the food cost of a single recipe serving and its selling price
* How to calculate quantities when using kitchen ratios
Culinary Math is an essential textbook for instructors and students enrolled in hospitality management courses. It is also a valuable reference for professionals seeking clear guidance for the applied math of the foodservice industry.
Preface xi
1 Basic Math Concepts 1
2 Customary Units of Measure 21
3 Metric Measures 37
4 Measurement Conversion Part 1--Basic Conversion of Units of Measure 45
5 Measurement Conversion Part 2--Converting Weight and Volume Mixed Measures 56
6 Advanced Conversions between Weight and Volume 64
7 Yield Percent 82
8 Applying Yield Percent 101
9 Finding Cost 112
10 Edible Portion Cost 128
11 Recipe Costing 145
12 Yield Percent: When to Ignore It 169
13 Recipe Size Conversion 178
14 Kitchen Ratios 199
Appendix-A: Formula Reference Review 212
Appendix-B: Units of Measure and Equivalency Charts 215
Appendix-C: Approximate Volume to Weight Chart and Approximate Yield of Fruits and Vegetables Chart 218
Appendix-D: Rounding Realities 224
Appendix-E: Blank Food Cost Form 225
Answers to Chapter Practice Problems 227
Culinary Math Glossary of Terms 232
Index 235