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Coming into this chapter, I felt only vaguely familiar with the five mother sauces of French cooking. Sure, I had heard of them all at one point or another, but was not intimately knowledgeable about...

How does smell affect or change what we actually taste and how can we use that to affect or surprise our guests? Firstly, we need to understand what is happening when we taste any flavor. The taste...

Annemarie was a true visionary: inquisitive, intuitive, relentless, progressive and thoughtful. In the late 1970s, she recovered important facts about food that humanity seems to have misplaced – that...

Fermented foods can be considered either alcoholic or lactic acid. These groups are determined by the product of fermentation, ethanol (alcohol) for the alcoholic and organic acids (often lactic acid)...

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 teaching that it is a good...

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...