In my last posting, I expressed my less-than-enthusiastic feelings about making cakes. Of course, I do realize there are those that love making cakes and not everyone in my class shares my feeling...
“This is the best thing you've made thus far,” commented my co-worker after taking a forkful of the zuppa inglese I made — a very simple dessert of layers: rum-moistened pan di spagna, orange and...
The four-day exhibition of everything chocolate draws in pastry chefs and chocolate enthusiasts from across the world. The event kicks off with chocolate fashion show every year. ICE alum Zac Young...
As beautiful as that vintage, plaid pea coat is, the layers underneath are integral to how it all comes and stays together. So what does my winter coat have to do with module III of the pastry arts...
The showpiece incorporated cast, pulled and blown sugar in the shapes of ghosts, bats, corn, pumpkins and ribbons all in green, orange and purple to celebrate Halloween. The delicate showpiece...
Chef Kathryn puts the pressure of time on us, giving us a sense of what it will be like when we are in a professional kitchen and dessert tickets are coming in all at once at a busy restaurant or when...
When I was growing up, the memories I have of making this treat involve a small red box with simple illustrated instructions on the back: 1. Whisk eggs with cake mix in bowl. 2. Add water. 3. Pour...
For three days this week, Espiritu shared these techniques with students in ICE’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studie s, a unique program of classes for pastry professionals taught by eminent pastry...
Whether it’s a song created or puff pastry baked, the importance of engaging all of one’s senses throughout the production phase is significant. Our class has been getting loud. If you walked by the...
Ameen graduated from ICE’s Culinary Arts program in 1997 before making the shift to the world of pastry. Now, she lives in Chicago with her three sons. She works as a pastry consultant and is starting...
The creator of ICE’s Pastry & Baking Arts program, he has just released a new book, Bake!: Essential Techniques for Perfect Baking that book seizes on this current demand for all things pastry and...
The treats in the window seemed to have been made by magic — their layers, textures and tastes holding the secrets of centuries’ worth of dedicated practice and artistic perfection. Are you ever...