Food Waste Focus

The American Hotel and Lodging Education Association recently published a new book on green foodservice titled: Greening Food and Beverage Services: A Green Seal Guide to Transforming the Industry. This book was developed by Green Seal, the well-known non-profit organization which develops science-based standards to certify green claims. In 2009, Green Seal released GS-46, a [...]

When it comes to volume foodservice operations, chefs and managers often have to do a lot of math.  They need to scale recipes up and down, convert weights to volumes, and calculate yields (as-purchased to edible-portions).   They need to get the calculations right or risk a culinary disaster due to over/under production, over/under purchasing or quality [...]

I just learned of a new book that will be published soon by Tristram Stuart titled “Uncovering the Global Food Scandal.”   You can read a review from the UK or wait for publication in the US in October, 2009.  Here is the publisher’s description: The true cost of what the global food industry throws away. The world [...]