Recipe Talk

This is a frequent question we get at the helpdesk.

Is there an online guide that will help me determine how much food to buy for any given size amount of people?

Does anyone have advice about quantities when cooking for crowds?

We've also have requests for large quantity recipes that feed a group such as the homeless.

I don't recall ever seeing an online guide per se but there's always that possibility with the web. I have seen workshops and books that address LARGE crowds (minimum 50 people) as food safety is a REAL big issue when dealing with the masses. Have you tried a general search to see what's out there?

search on line for the navy cook books.

There should be a government data base for mililtary cooks.

I was recently looking around at several recipe sites lately.
I remember seeing several recipes for quantity cooking at a site called Recipe Goldmine.com maybe some of those would be helpful to someone who needed to cook for large gatherings of people.

ellenskitchen.com is a good source.