Costas Katsigris is Director Emeritus of the Food and Hospitality Services Program at El Centro Community College in Dallas, Texas, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. He is also coauthor of Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice, published by Wiley. Chris Thomas is a professional writer specializing in food-and wine-related fields and coauthor of Design and equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice.