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Annemarie Colbin Ph.D. This article was written by Natural Gourmet Institute founder, Annemarie Colbin Ph.D. for Free Spirit Magazine’s December-January 1998-1999 issue. For many years I have been...

I have friends who would happily consume a pill with the day's nutrients and eliminate that arduous process of chewing altogether if they could. Anything, really, to avoid standing in lines spanning...

Aspiring chefs on the West Coast can pursue a holistic approach to culinary education with a focus on whole foods, nutrition education and wellness at the Natural Gourmet Center at ICE. The curriculum...

As Roman-style pies continue to dominate the pizza landscape (and what a landscape it is), chefs are finding subsets to explore that go far beyond the familiar. The two most popular Roman styles are...

Chefs, food lovers and home cooks alike have seen America’s shift towards more plant-based, health-conscious dining. Fast Company, Foodable Labs and Nation’s Restaurant News have all reported on the...

Last week, COOC Executive Director Patricia Darragh visited ICE’s Los Angeles campus with freshly produced oil from the 2018 harvest, offering a rare opportunity for students to taste outside of an...

Growing up, I heard my friends talk about all the traditional dishes that their mothers and grandmothers would make for them or teach them to cook. My mother, on the other hand, made grilled chicken...

Choosing your plate: This step is quite often overlooked. Choosing a perfect canvas will allow you to create contrasting colors and shapes and enable you to provide maximum exposure for your food....

Planning like a Chef: Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management Rick Camac advises, “consider people, portions and yields” when choosing your turkey. The former restaurateur of The Fatty Group has...

If you’ve ever visited Spain, you probably noticed that ham is everywhere. You may have awed at ham legs hanging from shop ceilings like pork chandeliers and downed several glasses of albariño while...

Equally versatile in the world of cooking, they can be sturdy enough to replace the meat in tacos, rich enough to replicate cream in a soup and healthy enough to keep your engine chugging through flu...

With searing heat between 1,000°F and 1,600°F, no odor and little smoke, Binchōtan charcoal provides chefs with a stable, high heat source and very little to compromise the chosen grilling component....