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...
Adrienne balances her time in the kitchen with an activity that calls upon a completely different skill and mindset: dance. While scoping out locales for a potential forthcoming project, Adrienne took...
Where did they come from? What are they? Are they grown using smaller seeds? Are they grown in tiny pots? Are they harvested by children? If I’m paying $38 for a main course, why is everything on the...
On October 3 rd , Shamus Jones, founder and “executive briner” at Brooklyn Brine , will be at ICE to dive deep into the vats of vinegar with students in his one-day workshop, The Modern Pickle:...
The garden gives ICE culinary students access to the freshest herbs and produce, plus the opportunity to take part in the latest urban agriculture trends. By instilling in students the importance of...
Once my Culinary Arts program ended, I had one month left of my management classes. The catch? I had just two weeks until I had to start my externship in a fast-paced NYC restaurant. This meant I had...
When classes began and we started cooking our way through different regions, I was exposed to numerous different styles and flavors of the world. Initially, I was still fixated on the French—the...
We’re inviting ICE students to show us your kitchen masterpieces ( and the flops because, hey, those are insta-worthy, too! ) and win prizes in our monthly #ICEProStudentPhotoContest! Career students...
To master this very essential life skill, I took the Homemade Pizza course with Chef Sue Gonçalves last Saturday at the Institute of Culinary Education . We measured, we mixed, we stretched (the dough...
By the middle of the 19 th century, Delmonico’s was considered to be the greatest restaurant in the United States. To put it in perspective: the way we think of Thomas Keller ’s French Laundry today...
Growing up in the Bronx, no one in Chef David’s family worked in the restaurant industry. In fact, as he explained, “Food in my home was not a big deal.” For Chef David, however, a passion for food...
The Institute of Culinary Education welcomes award-winning David Waltuck as Director of Culinary Affairs Chef David has enjoyed an illustrious culinary career. During his 30-year tenure as executive...