Culinary Arts
Food (Waste) for Thought: How the Industry is Tackling Food Waste
The United Nations Environment Programme “waste facts” include: In the United States, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted, equating to more than 20 pounds of food per person per month. Nationally
We Asked ICE's Instructors: What's Your Culinary Voice?
Here's a look at their answers. ( Top to bottom, left to right) Tom Kombiz-Voss, Dean of Hospitality Management: "Inspiring and training each student to reach his or her highest potential in the
Freshen Up: FiDi Fast Food Finds with Hydroponic Farm Herbs
We work all day in a hydroponic garden, so we’re surrounded by beautiful, fresh, rare produce. We’re also lazy and hungry — half the time we end up eating at Hudson Eats in Brookfield Place, ICE's
Pick Your Poison (and a Bar Concept to Go With)
I drink a lot. As a beverage writer and educator, I like to think of myself as fairly knowledgeable when it comes to cocktails. And yet, after recently sitting in on ICE's "Cocktail Recipe Development
Five Essential Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life (Modern Cuisine Edition)
Though stores and online catalogs are filled with hundreds of “must-have” kitchen gadgets, only some of them are actually worth it — others not so much. To help you cut through the clutter and find
Winter Herbs for Kitchen Survival
Herb Your Way to Healthy During the Holidays During my time as a cook, I had to show up to work no matter what. When the restaurant needed me, I had to be there — there was no concept of sick days
5 Surprising Takeaways From My Wine Course at ICE
While we swirled, sniffed, sipped, and nibbled, I gleaned some grape wisdom — about wine varieties and my own tastes. In the spirit of holiday giving, here are five surprising takeaways from my wine
Sip Like a Sommelier this Holiday Season
The recommended wine for holiday turkey seems to always be Beaujolais, a wine region in eastern France. Like liquid cranberry sauce, wines from Beaujolais exhibit tart strawberry and other fruity
The Electric Toothache Buzz Button Test
The red-and-yellow buttons of the toothache plant (which are actually collections of dozens of miniscule flowers) poke out of lush, dark-green foliage. They are part of a cluster, arranged on a stem
Suckling Pig Master Class Led by Chef Mario Sandoval
Chef Mario Sandoval, chef of Coque on the outskirts of Madrid, has led his restaurant in an avant-garde direction, introducing progressive tasting menus where the guests move from the wine cellar to
How Feedfeed Founder Julie Resnick (Organically) Grew an Instagram Mega-Brand
Luckily, the barrier to entry was easy — simply tag #feedfeed in your Instagram photos. Feedfeed seemed to fill a void in the food media realm. It was a call to action for home cooks and food
‘Generation Chef’: Stirring up a Chef’s Nostalgia
The author dedicates a small portion of the book to my experience with élan, the second restaurant of which I was owner and chef. Reading this book was in many ways an emotional experience for me. Not