Fresh Sea Scallop The excitement was palpable as five other culinary students and I waited for our assignments in the kitchen. Most of us had already volunteered at an ICE event, but we knew the...
As tantalizing as these possibilities seem, the reality is equally foreboding — I need to choose one thing, right now, and this decision could determine the direction of my culinary career, forever....
This doesn’t come naturally to many of us, especially in the age of Seamless and Ritual. Don’t get me wrong: I love skipping the line at Go! Go! Curry as much as the next person. But reserving my...
Chef Alléno’s work makes an important contribution to modern French cooking. Photo courtesy of Four Magazine I recently came upon two of Chef Alléno’s books: the encyclopedic Ma Cuisine Française ,...
Providing nutritious food is important to me; not just for me personally, but also with respect to a program I work with called Wellness in the Schools, an organization dedicated to exposing school...
That’s where he first met Filipino-American Nicole Ponseca, the restaurant’s general manager who was looking to open an eatery that served the foods she grew up eating, like kare kare (oxtail stew)...
With so many achievements, why is this chef going back to culinary school? Because he’s stepping into a brand new role as ICE’s new Director of Sustainability, a role in which he’ll help develop a...
Each section of protein has its own terms and these terms can vary, based on what animal you're fabricating. Having to cut open an animal, touch the cold, gooey flesh and separating the different...
But before your ribs hit the oven, they need a little bit of prep. First, remove the membrane from the bone side of the ribs. This tough sheet of connective tissue can not only leave your ribs chewy,...
Chef Robert Ramsey Why has this seemingly mundane moment stuck like glue to my otherwise mediocre memory? Because it was truly pivotal in my culinary career. Up to this point, I was cooking because I...
Tell me about your agreement with L’Appart. Farm.One is working with L'Appart to plant and help maintain a new outdoor aromatic herb garden on their terrace at Brookfield Place. It's an intimate area...
“I didn’t want to look back on my life and think that the world offered so many opportunities and I didn’t take them,” she said, speaking with a level of maturity and decisiveness that makes you...