Food preparation preparing food for eating, generally requires selection, measurement and combination of ingredients in an ordered procedure so as to achieve desired results. Food preparation includes but is not limited to cooking. Food hygiene practices are based on an understanding of the dangers of "invisible dirt". The cultures or societies that people live in, along with the type of contact that individuals have with one another, influence food choices. The type of lifestyle, job and education, size of the family and the importance of hospitality within the social group are also important when we make food choices. Food Selection and Preparation: A Laboratory Manual, which guides students through the fundamentals and basic principles of food preparation, from the recipe to the table, from the raw ingredients to the final product. The book also includes discussion of laboratory procedures, sanitation in the kitchen, emergency substitutions, and identification of meat cuts, the safe storage of food, and the care and cleaning of small appliances. This book equips students with a working knowledge of the nature of ingredients and how they function in particular foods. A wide range of addressing topics from food preservation to frozen desserts, measuring techniques to fats and emulsions, fruit selection to egg cookery, breads and pastry to meat and poultry -- guide students through standard recipes, with clear and complete directions for handling ingredients and cooking foods.