ServSafe Coursebook (text only) (5th Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an okay book that covers food safety. It is your average dull food safety book. However, if you need this book for a ServSafe course you are taking, please read on!
I bought the ServSafe Coursebook (Fifth Edition) in USED condition for the ServSafe course I recently took. At Saddleback, we are required to pass this course before we may take any cooking courses at Saddleback College. I bought the book without an attached scantron inside the book. By the way, most of the used ServSafe books will NOT include a scantron. As it turns out, the book isn't necessarily needed to pass the ServSafe course test and the certificate exam. I bought the book used, thinking that I could easily buy a scantron in the school bookstore for $1 to $2. WOW, was I in for a big surprise! I ended up paying about $60 just for one silly little scantron from the National Restaurant Association. About $20 of that was just for shipping, which is preposterous.
Just so you are fully aware, part of the cost of the new book price is for the ability to take the ServSafe exam; the exam is attached to the inside front of the book. If you don't need or want to take the ServSafe certificate exam, then just go ahead and buy a used book. It should cost you about $25 or so plus shipping from amazon. So by trying to save money, I ended up wasting an extra $10 and got a used book instead of a new book.
My teacher was selling the scantrons she had picked up at culinary school (at no profit) for $50, which was actually a deal since you must pay $60 from the NRA for the right to take the test.
For all you people that like to save money, PLEASE, PLEASE do yourself a favor and just buy the book NEW from amazon (or another book outlet). The new books come with the scantron, and the price you pay comes out much cheaper than buying the book and scantron separately. It is upsetting that amazon doesn't have a warning that states that if you need a scantron for the ServSafe test, you likely will have to order it online from the NRA and it will cost you megabucks. In all the reviews I read, there was no warning like this. I just want to make sure that future students are aware of this before they get dupped like several of us students did.
In some ServSafe courses, you don't actually need the book to pass the ServSafe test. At Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA, the instructor, Maura Brondi, gives you all the information you need to pass the course (without the text) in her lectures, handouts, and practice tests in a class that you can take on a Saturday and Sunday at the beginning of the semester. The teacher was great and made the food safety information she was teaching tolerable. She was knowledgeable, informative, and funny. All you have to do is pay attention to pass the course. It's useful to take the exam since many food establishments require its employees to have the ServSafe certificate to work there, and many schools are requiring you to take the course before you can take any of their culinary classes.
I hope you fellow students find this information useful.
Best of luck,Christina Acosta
Saddleback student and editor of Three Weeks in Italy
THREE WEEKS IN ITALY: A Novel

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Delivering comprehensive training of key food safety concepts, this book is the ideal solution for the academic setting, multiple-day training or individuals in need of more extensive food safety training. The content in ServSafe Coursebook, 5th editiongoes beyond the principles found in ServSafe Essentials, 5th edition and adds greater depth and breadth of food safety practices by featuring expanded sections on high-risk populations, active managerial control, and crisis management. Based on a new job task analysis revised exclusively for the Fifth Edition, the book reflects the latest updates to the FDA Food Code, new science-based and industry best practices and prepares students for the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certification Exam.

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Food for Fifty (13th Edition) (Pearson Custom Library: Hospitality and Culinary Arts) Review

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(More customer reviews)I discovered this book several years ago while working as a hall director for a cooperative living residence hall. The college women who lived there cooked for their fifty housemates.
Molt's book was a godsend for us; the instructions were basic, easily understood, and useful.
The best aspect of Food for Fifty is the fact that, recipes aside, the book gives excellent tables and instructions for cooking times/weights/quantities beyond the recipes it lists. In other words, it is quite useful when adapting one's own recipes to meals for 50 or 100 people.
I have since used Food for Fifty in another food service job, where it was equally useful and well-received. I highly recommend it to anyone, whether you're doing institutional meals, church meals, or simply work with large food quantities on a regular basis. It's worth it!

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This classic book is the resource for learning how to prepare and serve quality food in quantity. From caterers to food service managers, this book provides a wide variety of reliable quantity recipes and methods for planning, selecting and preparing menus for all types of food services. With over 100 new recipes, updated tables, and information on the latest techniques, this edition addresses safety and economic concerns, as well as the dining trends and expectations of today\'s consumer. Some new features include:New! Over 100 new recipes and recipe revisions.

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Introduction to Foodservice (11th Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)The book is good at detailing the ins and outs of foodservice and all aspects that effect it. The book is thorough in explaining important facets of foodservice systems such as furnishings, menus, equipment, regulations and restrictions and so on. This book is worth the buy!

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This 11th edition of a classic text has beenrevised and updated to include the latest and most relevant information in the field of foodservice management. It includes the basic principles of foodservice that can be applied to the operation of any type of foodservice. The impact of current social, economic, technological, and political factors on these operations is also included. Restaurant and banquet managers interested in current food service developments. Also, a good training tool for any worker in the food service industry.

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The Non-Commercial Food Service Manager's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Military, Prisons, Schools, And Churches With Companion CD-ROM Review

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(More customer reviews)Many books claim to be the end all be all when it comes to instructing managers and preparing them to lead a team in the food service industry. None of them compares to The Non-Commercial Food Service Manager's Handbook. It is a step by step guide to every part of managing any non-commercial food service industry, whether it's a church, a prison, a nursing home or even the military. I have never seen a more complete and thorough explanation of what is required of a manager. With its in-depth explanation of money management, menu planning, purchasing and inventory, food handling, safety and literally dozens of other necessary components to being an effective manager I highly recommend this book for anyone looking into management as a career.

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Finally, the non-commercial food service director has a comprehensive manual to aid them in their day-to-day operations. This massive 600-page new book will show you step by step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation. The author has left no stone unturned. The book s 19 chapters cover the entire process from startup to ongoing management in an easy-to-understand way, pointing out methods to increase your chances of success, and showing how to avoid many common mistakes. The new companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in the book in PDF format. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through basic cost-control systems, menu planning, sample floor plans and diagrams, successful kitchen management, equipment layout and planning, food safety and HACCP, dietary considerations, special patient/client needs, learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, learn how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, manage and train employees, accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. The extensive resource guide details over 7,000 suppliers to the industry; this directory could be a separate book on its own. This covers everything for which many companies pay consultants thousands of dollars.

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