Culinary Arts
Wine Essentials Part 1: The Adventure Begins
Over the past five months as a Culinary Arts student at ICE, I have expanded and fine tuned my palate, tasting the likes of sweetbreads, tripe and foie gras bread pudding, to name just a few. Beyond
Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Based off of his experience helping construct the Murray’s Melts menu at the famous Murray’s Cheese, Chef James lead us through the making of 10 different sandwiches all with different themes, such as
ICE Alumni Travel to France — Part I
While every ICE Alumni Cuisine Course is memorable, there were several new and exciting activities on this year’s trip. Never before had we visited a foie gras farm or sat down to an in-depth tasting
Beijing Noodle Making
I didn’t quite manage to pull them from a single lump of dough, but Chef Chou taught the class how to stretch and bounce strips of dough into long, thing noodles. The students in the class took our
A Pig Roast With ICE Alum Matt Weingarten
Weingarten is the Executive Chef at Inside Park at St. Bart’s, a restaurant known more for refined business lunches than rustic whole hog roasts. Their attempt was a lesson on the ins and outs of
Unique Culinary Careers: Jennifer Cook
For our first profile, we talked to ICE alum Jennifer Cook. She started her one-of-a-kind mobile brick oven catering business, Cooking With Fire with fellow ICE alum Jenny Kmiotek. We asked her about
Upcoming Classes: July 2010
Burgers with Bite July 7 These tasty, make-ahead alternatives to the traditional beef burger are perfect for a quick and easy weeknight dinner, whether you grill them outside regardless of the weather
Mexican Cooking with Chef Sue Torres
She explained the techniques and recipes that helped Sueños win accolades such as Bon Appétit’s Best Cocktail List and Time Out New York’s Best Culinary Ambassador. The hungry audience ate up her
Savor the Salt
We learned salt is not all bad. In fact, salt is vital to our existence! So don’t cut it all out just yet. After an extensive taste-test of a wide variety of salts from various regions, each team got
ProStart Conference
ProStart is a national program that prepares high school students for careers in the culinary world. The educators got a full taste of all the sights, sounds, and of course, the flavors that New York
Four-Star Farmer
At yesterday’s demo, Four-Star Farmer: A Conversation with Chef Eberhard Müller and Alexandra Leaf , ICE students caught a glimpse of yet another seemingly broad transformation within a chef’s career
Lessons 4-7: The Core Of It
Over the past few classes, we have discussed, smelled, tasted and worked with fruit, herbs, spices, extracts, jellies, jams and eaux de vie (colorless fruit brandy). As we learned about these