Culinary Text Books from Pearson Prentice Hall
Cost Genie Software LLC provides software for the books listed below available from Pearson Prentice Hall, the world’s largest publisher of culinary text books.
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This, the 12th edition of Food for Fifty, expertly provides the fundamentals for producing quality food in quantity. Food professionals and students are encouraged to use the book’s recipes and information as the foundation for adapting nearly any recipe to make a quality food product. This book makes available in one comprehensive text the food production information and recipes necessary for keeping up with ever-changing dining trends and for satisfying the expectations of today’s customer. Each copy of Food for Fifty includes a CD copy of Cost Genie Software - Student Version.
Culinary Fundamentals - Produced by the American Culinary Federation (ACF) - the most authoritative organization of professional cooks in the nation - with text and recipes provided by The Culinary Institute of America, this book reflects the way prospective cooks and chefs learn in real-world situations. Culinary Fundamentals is a tool that students will use throughout their culinary education, certification and professional career. The book is organized to highlight and explain the basic competencies of a professional cook or chef. Each copy also includes a CD containing Cost Genie Software - Student Version.
On Cooking is comprehensive and well written. Including a strong media program, the book emphasizes an understanding of cooking fundamentals, explores the contemporary dining option of vegetarian cooking, discusses nutrition and special health issues, and provides information on other relevant topics such as culinary history and food science. Each copy of On Cooking includes a CD containing Cost Genie Software - Student Version.
Baking Fundamentals by The American Culinary Federation (ACF) with Noble Masi, uses real-life examples and engaging learning activities to focus on the basic principles behind formula-ratios, sequence, time and temperature and how those factors impact all quality-baked products. Baking Fundamentals is a practical tool for training and an excellent hands-on reference for the professional baker. It also contains hundreds of great formulas which give ingredients in metric (grams) units plus nutritional information per serving. Each book also includes a CD containing Cost Genie Software - Student Version.
On Baking expands upon the well-known On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals to provide an authoritative yet contemporary introduction to baking and pastry arts. On Baking focuses on information relevant to today’s students and working culinary professionals. The text emphasizes an understanding of bakeshop fundamentals, explores the preparation of fresh ingredients, and provides a wealth of information on the “how and why” of baking science and techniques. Each copy of On Baking also includes a CD containing Cost Genie Software - Student Version.
Frequently Asked Questions (Student FAQ’s)
1. Is there a manual that comes with the program?
Answer: Yes there is. Go to you local drive, usually drive “C” and open up your program file. Find “Cost Genie 3.1″ and open the file, you will see two folders open the “Documentation folder” and you will se a PFD File “Cost Genie” Open it or drag it to your desktop.
2. Do I need a password?
Answer: Yes in earlier versions, the password was “culinary” and it is on your CD, If there is no password on the CD it will open automatically
3. How many recipes can I cost out?
Answer: You may cost out 30 recipes.
4. How does that work?
Answer: In the earlier versions all of the recipes were costed out. This allowed you to see how the recipes were costed out and follow the flow of costing, however we felt that it would be more favorable to have the student cost out the 30 recipes from the book or input their own recipes, so we have a file that can be downloaded from this site that will replace the current file. See “download 1″. You may also download the Manual if you have not downloaded.
5. Can I add new recipes?
Answer: You may add as many recipes to the program as you want.
6. How many Menu Items can I cost out?
Answer: You may create fourteen (14) menu items
7. Can I add new menu items?
Answer: Yes, as many as you need.
8. How do I print out a recipe?
Answer: Go to the Menu Bar on the top on the File and select “Specials” Click on it and a pull down menu will appear. Select “Recipe Card”. A preview page will appear. Click “Continue” when you are ready to print. The recipe will Appear. Go to the file menu on the top of the file and Select “File” and select “Print” (NOTE: It is very important that you select “Current Record” in the print layout. Then select OK.)
