Customer Rating: 
Summary: Finally Found the Book I Was Searching For!!
Comment: Yes, this is the one! If you're faced with having to cook for a crowd and have little or no experience, this cookbook is a really great addition to your cookbook library. The recipes are laid out in a no-nonsense format, they're easy to follow, they give pan sizes and amounts, and most of the recipes are for 50 servings which really simplifies the math! It's a textbook for the food service industry so it gives a lot of good information, including weight and volume measures, substitution equivalents, food portioning aids, and more. Each chapter begins with useful information and extra tips on food prep. I plan menus for my church's Wednesday night suppers. We feed families, students, young and elderly members of our congregation and several homeless people in our church neighborhood. This book has helped take the guess-work out of figuring amounts and portions. It has really made the work easier. I feel as though I've found the Holy Grail of cooking for crowds!
Customer Rating:
Summary: For the subject it doesn't get any better
Comment: When I found myself having to cook up food for large groups, I found this book invaluable. The book is well laid out, gives easy to follow conversions, and the recipes turn out well. The book has a wide variety so you are able to use this book for many different meals. Best of all the recipes turn out very well. I was able to use this book in helping me scale up other recipes as well. This is a definate must if you do large scale cooking!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bulk Preparation at it's best!
Comment: This cookbook is an invaluable resource for my catering department as well as a basis for recipes for my culinary class. They are easy to follow and have both Metric and U.S. measurements for ease of conversions. Since purchasing this book, I've enjoyed preparing many epicurean delights from within it's pages. I've been able to provide nutritious, eye pleasing meals for over 300 along with scaling several recipes down to meet the dietary needs of only 20 to 30 guests.
Cooking in bulk is a snap with this book, because it takes the guesswork out of the kitchen!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A thorough, easy to read and easy to follow cookbook.
Comment: The recipes in this cookbook are all prepared in quantities of 50. It contains both US Standard and Metric weights and measures. The dishes are basic and easy to prepare. This is very important when you are dealing with feeding a large number of people. I have personally used many recipes from this book to serve over 200 people. All the dishes were well received. They turned out exactly as they should and the cookbook even has additional information to aid in figuring how much of each ingredient to buy. When it comes to cooking in bulk, this book is - hands downs - my favorite.
