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Chef & Baker

Overview

Cooking is art. Baking is chemistry... and math.

What is it?

Chefs use Ratios to scale recipes up or down depending on how many guests they are serving.

History

Ancient bread recipes used ratios of flour to water that haven't changed in 4,000 years.

Key Idea

Baker's Percentages allow you to memorize recipes as ratios instead of amounts.