Grow Organic Cook Organic or Introduction to Foodservice

Grow Organic, Cook Organic

Author: Ysanne Spevack

A gardener's guide to growing food the natural way, with a plant-by-plant directory and hundreds of practical tips. A food-lover's guide to cooking organic produce to get the best of taste.

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Introduction to Foodservice

Author: June Payne Palacio

Introduction to Foodservice, Tenth Edition is a practice-based textbook designed specifically for students studying foodservice management in four-year degree programs or technical colleges. The material is appropriate for higher education programs in dietetics, foodservice administration, and hospitality management. The text includes the essential information to understand and manage any type of foodservice operation in both the commercial and noncommercial sectors of the foodservice industry.

The book is organized into five parts. Part 1 provides an informative, historical overview of the foodservice industry and a review of foodservice as a system. Part 2 presents the fundamentals of foodservice that form the foundation of any operation. Included are chapters on food safety and menu planning. Part 3 serves as the heart of the text by providing a description of each functional operation of a foodservice operation in relation to the systems model. Part 4 emphasizes the physical plant and covers facility design, equipment, and environmental management. The book concludes with Part 5, which is a presentation of the linking processes used to manage foodservice operations. Included here are chapters on leadership, performance improvement, and marketing.

Unique features of this book include:

• Integration of the systems model into each chapter
• The latest information on food safety and HACCP
• A progressive case study with critical thinking questions for practical application of chapter contents
• A list of review questions at the end of each chapter
• A runningglossary for easy access to word definitions
• A 16-page four color insert

Booknews

A text on all aspects of both noncommercial and commercial foodservice, for introductory courses in food service management. Coverage encompasses foodservice organizations, quantity food production and service, physical facilities, and organization and administration. Learning features include detailed key concepts, summaries, and review questions, plus a glossary, b&w photos, and appendices on cooking methods and equipment. This eighth edition contains new material on food safety, facilities management, and quality management, and comes with a new instructor's manual. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

1	Foodservice Organizations	1
1	The Foodservice Industry	3
2	Types of Foodservice Operations	28
2	Quantity Food Production and Service	47
3	Food Safety	49
4	The Menu: The Focal Point of the Foodservice Operation	87
5	Purchasing, Receiving, and Storage	115
6	Production Management	166
7	Assembly, Distribution, and Service	199
3	Physical Facilities	227
8	Cleaning, Sanitation, and Facility Safety	229
9	Environmental Management	266
10	Facilities Planning and Design	279
11	Equipment and Furnishings	332
4	Organization and Administration	363
12	Designing and Managing the Organization	365
13	Staffing and Managing Human Resources	391
14	Administrative Leadership	433
15	Work Improvement and Productivity	457
16	Financial Management	485
17	Marketing and Promotions in Foodservice Organizations	521
Appendix A	Principles of Basic Cooking	543
Appendix B	Foodservice Equipment	556

Vegetarianism or Ancient Wine

Vegetarianism: A History

Author: Colin Spencer

Colin Spencer provides an in-depth account of vegetarianism. From prehistory to the present, he discusses those who came to vegetarianism by choice, from the religions who preach it such as Hinduism and Seventh-Day Adventism, to the individuals who practice it, including Leonardo da Vinci and, ironically, Adolf Hitler. Throughout history, vegetarians have been maligned and persecuted by their meat-eating brethren. Spencer looks at the psychology of abstention, the ideas behind a meat-free diet, as well as the environmental effects of meat production and the implications of genetic engineering. Although the vegetarian movement dates back to 600 B.C., it is only now becoming a practice valued by many who previously would have wondered, "Where's the beef?"

Table of Contents:

	Foreword for 2nd Edition
	Foreword
	Acknowledgements
1	In the Beginning	1
2	Pythagoras and His Inheritance	38
3	India	70
4	Plato to Porphyry	85
5	Early Christianity	107
6	Gnostic Sects and the Manicheans	126
7	The Bogomils, the Cathars and the Orthodox Church	142
8	The Renaissance	169
9	The Clockwork Universe	187
10	The Rise of Humanism	213
11	Docks and Dandelions	238
12	Sunlight and Sandals	275
13	Sentient or Machine?	296
	Afterword	331
App. 1	The Later History of Buddhism	336
App. 2	Manicheanism in China	339
App. 3	Modern Hinduism	342
	App. 4: The Rise of the Vegetarian Cookery Book	344
	Notes	346
	A Select Bibliography	367
	Index	372

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Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture

Author: Patrick E McGovern

The history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. This book is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the earliest stages of vinicultural history and prehistory, which extends back into the Neolithic period and beyond. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, Ancient Wine opens up whole new chapters in the fascinating story of wine and the vine by drawing upon recent archaeological discoveries, molecular and DNA sleuthing, and the texts and art of long-forgotten peoples.

Patrick McGovern takes us on a personal odyssey back to the beginnings of this consequential beverage when early hominids probably enjoyed a wild grape wine. We follow the course of human ingenuity in domesticating the Eurasian vine and learning how to make and preserve wine some 7,000 years ago. Early winemakers must have marveled at the seemingly miraculous process of fermentation. From success to success, viniculture stretched out its tentacles and entwined itself with one culture after another (whether Egyptian, Iranian, Israelite, or Greek) and laid the foundation for civilization itself. As medicine, social lubricant, mind-altering substance, and highly valued commodity, wine became the focus of religious cults, pharmacopoeias, cuisines, economies, and society. As an evocative symbol of blood, it was used in temple ceremonies and occupies the heart of the Eucharist. Kings celebrated their victories with wine and made certain that they had plenty for the afterlife. (Among the colorful examples in the book is McGovern's famous chemical reconstruction of the funerary feast--and mixed beverage--of "King Midas.") Some peoples truly became "wine cultures."

When we sip aglass of wine today, we recapitulate this dynamic history in which a single grape species was harnessed to yield an almost infinite range of tastes and bouquets. Ancient Wine is a book that wine lovers and archaeological sleuths alike will raise their glasses to.

J. Madeleine Nash - Time Magazine

No one is better qualified to sift through the widely scattered clues [to the origins of winemaking] than McGovern, a skilled scientific sleuth who wields the most powerful tools of modern chemistry in his search for the roots of ancient wines.

Remembrance of Things Paris or Sober Celebrations

Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet

Author: Gourmet Magazine Editors

For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. Collected here for the first time, their essays create a unique and timeless portrait of the world capital of love and food. It is all here: the old-time bourgeois dinners, the tastemakers of the fashion world, the hero-chefs, and, of course, Paris in all its snobbery and refinement, its inimitable pursuit of the art of fine living. Beautifully written, these dispatches from the past are intimate and immediate, allowing us to watch the month-by-month changes in the world's most wonderful city. Remembrance of Things Paris is a book for anyone who wants to return to a Paris where a buttery madeleine is waiting around every corner.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
	Paris in the Twenties	3
	After the War	11
	Chicken Demi-Deuil	18
	Cuisine Parisienne	23
	Paris One Step at a Time	33
	The Old Flower Market	39
	All that Glitters	43
	Haute Couture	49
	Sold!	59
	Bibliotheque du Gourmet	65
	A Night at Les Halles	71
	Les Halles: A Last Look	78
	La Vie Moderne	87
	Cold Comfort	93
	The President of Pastry	98
	Paris's Haute Chocolaterie	101
	La Vie en Rose	119
	Home Away from Home	125
	Bistros	133
	Allard	139
	Le Bistrot de Paris	144
	La Tour d'Argent	151
	Prunier	154
	Lucas-Carton	159
	A Secret Club	167
	Maxim's	171
	Maxim's	177
	When Michelin Comes Knocking	191
	La Grande Cuisine Francaise	194
	Jacques Maniere's Human Factor	198
	Young Chefs of Paris	202
	When I Was Green	217
	A Memory of Alice B. Toklas	227
	Noel a Paris	234
	A Little Black Magic	244
	An Insincere Cassoulet	246
	She Did Not Look Like an Actress to Me	259
	The Christening	269
	High and Dry	286
	Parisian Police	290
	A Nose	295
	The Seventh Art	298
	The Most Intimate Room	302
	Grand Masters	313
	The New Face of Paris	327
	The Three Musketeers	333
	It's What's For Dinner	340
	Notes on Contributors	343

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Sober Celebrations: Lively Entertaining Without the Spirits

Author: Liz Scott

On the heels of her ground-breaking, award-winning 'Sober Kitchen' cookbook, Chef Liz Scott serves up this "must-have" innovative guide to holiday and special occasion entertaining for anyone who chooses to celebrate alcohol-free. With 25 diverse menus and 150 delicious recipes, Chef Liz proves that festivity and fun can be effortlessly achieved without a drop of alcohol. Included are creative, sober ingredient substitutions for use in classic holiday dishes, alcohol-free beverage pairings for every course, and abundant tips and suggestions for simple and imaginative party hosting that will guarantee an atmosphere of liveliness and "high spirits." Beautifully photographed throughout, this is a unique and dazzling cookbook that addresses the needs of a health-conscious audience. An invaluable tool for the host who may need to accomodate, either entirely or in part, for specific needs, tastes, and preferences of guests who avoid alcohol in their diet permanently or temporarily.

Library Journal

Expanding on her earlier cookbook, The Sober Kitchen, Scott has filled an important niche. The requirements of recovering alcoholics are often overlooked at party time, but this cookbook exemplifies how to party without alcoholic beverages or ingredients. With 25 menus focusing on birthdays and weddings as well as major holidays like New Year's Eve, Christmas, and Hanukkah, Scott has created a celebratory atmosphere without alcohol. Each menu includes tips for purchasing ingredients, with cautions for avoiding hidden alcoholic additives. The menus incorporate festive beverages to accompany the luscious food courses. A renowned chef, Scott has developed interesting dishes and even adjusted old favorites like Irish coffee, Concord grape fizzes, and English trifle. The recipes vary from comfort food such as Fortuna Lentils with Italian Chicken Sausage to light fare such as Cool Cucumber Soup with Mint and Cumin. Each of the 150 recipes would stimulate the appetite of any gourmand, recovering alcoholic or not. Recommended for all public libraries. (Photographs and index not seen.)-Ann Weber, Bellarmine Coll. Preparatory Lib., San Jose, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Analyzing and Controlling Foodservice Costs or Merry Christmas from Kentucky

Analyzing and Controlling Foodservice Costs: A Managerial and Technology Approach

Author: James Keiser

A great resource and reference book, the authors provide balanced treatment of both commercial and institutional operations in both profit and non-profit arenas.

This book explores the role of computer applications, management information systems, and new developments in management through numerous examples that realistically portray the field. Provides valuable insight regarding the food industry with segments written by leaders in the field.

Food Service personnel.

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Merry Christmas from Kentucky

Author: Michelle Ston

Celebrate the holidays with quick, easy, elegant dishes to serve family and friends. From appetizers, soups and salads, entrées and sides, to melt-in-your-mouth desserts, breads and "gift giving goodies," the recipes are perfect for Christmas entertaining.