The Art of French Pastry

seconds to plate one slice;
this, multiplied by 4,000,
was 16,000 seconds—
about 4 hours and 45
minutes. For such large
banquets we also had to
count, measure, and
multiply everything that
ended up on the plate by
4,000 to make sure that we
did not run out of
anything. After working
together for a while my