What is yield in cooking?

Yield in cooking refers to the amount of food that a recipe or dish will make. This can be expressed in various ways, such as number of servings, weight or volume of the final product. Understanding the yield of a recipe is important for planning purposes, such as knowing how much food to make for a certain number of people, or how to adjust ingredient quantities to make more or less of a dish. Yield can also be important for cost calculations and inventory management in commercial kitchens.