Herbal Teas for Health and Healing or Specs

Herbal Teas for Health and Healing

Author: Ceres

Herbal teas have their own characteristic virtues. Some are slightly stimulating, others are soothing and induce quiet sleep or act as tranquilizers. Many are tonics that can bring an "out-of-gear" system back to complete health. The author describes a wide range of tea-making herbs and gives instructions for their preparation and use.

New edition of the classic best-seller.

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Specs: The Comprehensive Foodservice Purchasing and Specification Manual

Author: Lewis Reed

A ready resource of the standards by which foods are measured, purchased, and inspected

SPECS: The Foodservice and Purchasing Specification Manual is a must-have reference manual for the standards by which food is measured, specified for purchase, and inspected upon delivery to ensure that the foodservice operation is getting the value it is paying for.

This new Student Edition is brimming with information on purchasing policies, foods, quality controls, and storage and handling procedures. Now in a handy, accessible format, it helps students and professionals ensure successful purchasing through quality control by covering:

The development of a purchasing system, complete with sample forms for bids, ordering, receiving, and issuing

• Quality controls and federal regulations


• Storage and handling procedures


• How to differentiate between "high" and "low" quality products


• Purchasing policies and information guaranteed to save time and money


• The diet-conscious culture, including religious dietary laws, reading nutritional labels, increasing food awareness, and how it affects consumer eating habits


• The theory behind specifications: Why do we need specifications? Who develops them? Who uses them?

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
1	Purchasing Policies	1
2	Fruits - Fresh and Processed	27
3	Vegetables	156
4	Dairy Products	247
5	Eggs	283
6	Poultry	301
7	Fish and Shellfish	316
8	Meat	330
9	Kosher Products	429
10	Convenience Foods	458
11	Miscellaneous Groceries	482
12	Storage and Handling	516
	App. A. Quality Controls and Federal Regulations	553
	App. B. Food Purchasing Guide	567
	App. C. Purchase Specifications	616
	Bibliography	688
	Index	693