Integrating mathematics literacy into the kitchen is a fundamental part of culinary literacy; it provides the precision needed so that the application of food and nutrition becomes truly ethereal. The difficult mathematics becomes doable and entertaining; abstract numbers become practical tools used for measuring ingredients, adjusting recipe sizes, figuring out a recipe’s preparation ratios and managing costs. The basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and ratios are the first steps in culinary mathematics. This post explores recipe scaling to demonstrates a practical use of mathematics in Food and Nutrition, involving the adjustment of ingredient quantities to suit different serving sizes; either larger or smaller than the original.