The Complete Caterer [Paperback]

Elizabeth Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1992

Colorful, festive, and filled with imaginative ideas, this superb Christmas cookbook features cakes, cookies, and other holiday favorites, plus full-course menus, great gift ideas, and much more.

Full color photographs and B & W illustrations throughout

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Especially clear and well organized, this book offers much good advice and many helpful strategies to the beginning caterer. The business, artistic, and social aspects of catering are explored using detailed and instructive examples; important issues and problems of the profession are discussed in an intelligent, knowledgeable way. Chapters on pricing and marketing, insurance, taxes, and kitchen organization are quite valuable. There are some recipes, too. Well worth the money. Johanna Ezell, Pennsylvania State Univ., Mont Alto Lib.
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From the Publisher

Colorful, festive, and filled with imaginative ideas, this superb Christmas cookbook features cakes, cookies, and other holiday favorites, plus full-course menus, great gift ideas, and much more.

Full color photographs and B & W illustrations throughout

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Main Street Books; 2 Rev Sub edition (July 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385234805
• ISBN-13: 978-0385234801
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #888,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > Hospitality Businesses

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106 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must!, June 4, 2000

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E. Powers "pearlyvictoria" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Caterer (Paperback)

When I first started out, I did not know how much to serve and how to break down my expenses. After reading this book, that information was no longer a mystery. It is precisely what the beginner needs and what the experienced can use for reference. Not only does it contain information on what to charge and spend, it sets up scenarios that illustrate what the author is referring to. There are recipes that are fresh and practical and interesting.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to Catering, December 2, 2009

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Betty Read-Holmes (Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Caterer (Paperback)

I found this to be the most informative book on catering that I have been able to find, and the book gives good, practical advice on getting started in the catering business.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring & Uninspired, April 29, 2010

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Awna M. Zegzdryn (ashland, oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Caterer (Paperback)

Basic book - there are better and more in depth ones out there. I've already donated this one to the local Goodwill.