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Firstly, let's identify what flour is. It’s amazing to me how many people have no idea where flour comes from or how it’s made. Types of Wheat There are six classes of wheat — within which are around...

California-native Sohrob Esmaili had a penchant for cuisine from a young age. “I was really into baking and cooking as a teen, and I would bring things I prepared at home to school,” Chef Sohrob says...

Chef Natsume is a classically trained pianist and music composer. She inherited her family's love of food growing up and pursued a career in music before she got burnt out and disillusioned, and the...

Erin Gruber was genuinely captivated by the prospect of working with pastries in eighth grade, when her classmates were enticed by desserts during a mentorship program at a bakery. While the notion of...

Our menu of cooking, baking, health-supportive cooking and wine classes for July and August is available for registration online at recreational.ice.edu, featuring some of our most popular classes...

After serving in the Israel Defense Force (IDF) from age 18 to 22, Alon evaluated his strengths and weakness with his brother to determine a course of study and career trajectory. "I breathe food. I...

There is no (sugar-filled) challenge too great for Pastry & Baking Arts Chef-Instructor Norma Salazar. Case in point: Prior to joining ICE, the classically trained, foundationally French chef was...

Gluten-free flours and nut flours for cooking and baking have been on the rise because of versatility, health benefits and viable options for people with celiac disease or other dietary restrictions...

A sweet snack will always be worthwhile and is the master key to the heart. Because love is an ingredient. These are words found on the first pages of the Gacho brand book under the title: Firm Belief...

There are four keys to making proper puff pastry like a pastry chef. Keep it cold. The beautiful layers will only stay layers if you work with the dough cold and keep it cold throughout the process...

In mid-March, Arnold Byun, founder of With Warm Welcome (WWW), approached me with the idea of doing a Bakers Box after being inspired by the efforts of Bakers Against Racism last year. As an avid...

The first thing Chef Stephen Chavez remembers baking, with his mother’s help, was a pineapple upside-down cake that he discovered flipping through the pages of an issue of the children’s magazine,...