Cooking for Profit; Catering and Food Service Management (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... COOKING FOR PROFIT PART XI TEA ROOM MANAGEMENT SELECTING THE LOCATION AND NAME; DECORATIONS, FUR- NISHINGS, EQUIPMENT AND PLANS; SOME THINGS TO AVOID; TYPICAL MENUS FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY TEA ROOMS; TEA ROOM SPECIALTIES; SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES FOR BEVERAGES, SANDWICHES, SALADS, HOT DISHES AND DESSERTS; COSTS, PRIC- ING AND PROFITS. INTEREST in opening tea rooms is wide spread, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Some people apparently think that little is required save an attractively furnished room and a teapot or two, but we advise anybody to consider carefully, before investing the amount of money that must be spent, if even the simplest tea room is to be opened. When you have started such a business, in order to be profitable, it may need to be developed along any of the avenues suggested in previous lessons and every bit of knowledge, information and experience that you have gathered will be no more than you can use, no matter how simply you begin. The serving of afternoon tea, only, does not often prove a profitable undertaking. In connection with a tea room it is wise to conduct a gift shop or a cake shop, to sell homemade candy or preserves, operate a soda fountain, put up box lunches for motorists, to serve lunches and suppers or cater for dinner parties. Many a tea house has become a little motor inn, serving dainty yet satisfying meals, and with cool attractive bedrooms, and immaculate bathrooms for guests who spend the night, and dressing-rooms for others. From replies to many questionnaires sent out to the managers of successful tea rooms we list the following: Requisites For A Successful Tea Room Good location Unusual or expressive name Distinctive decorations and furnishings Absolute cleanliness Competent hostess or manager...