Developing skills that ensure quality food involves the entire process of production planning through the analysis of all food processing steps from purchase to service. The flow of food through a kitchen must be examined. Production planning is essential to have more time to devote to operations. Production must be viewed as a sequential process. Predicting raw product costs helps control cost of food served. Cooking techniques for meat, short-order, sandwich, breakfast, vegetable, salad, bakeshop, and special diet preparations are discussed. Special food problems of flavor awareness, sanitation and microbiological control, preparation of manufactured and convenience foods, and meeting special dietary needs are examined.