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Every chef, cook and home cook that I know has an idea for their own cookbook and what it would be about when and if the opportunity presented itself. Sometimes it’s a theme, a narrative that guides...

Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant By Mashama Bailey (Culinary, '01) and John O. Morisano In 2014, a Black chef from Queens and a white media...

In 2017, when Cher was laid off by her employer, she was out of a paycheck, and sadly like many people today, she could not find a new job. To fill her time, Cher resorted to baking. “What I used to...

Cookbooks can bring new ideas after a season of cooking at home during the pandemic and make great holiday gifts for anyone: those with culinary credibility looking to learn new ideas or expand their...

“Everybody in my family learns to cook — whether you want to or not,” Anthony says. With a home economics teacher for a grandmother and an enthusiastic home cook for a mother, he grew up with the idea...

“It was just one of those things,” Andrew said. “I fell in love with everything that happened in the restaurant. I fell in love with the camaraderie. I fell in love with the nightly theater of it. I...

In 2015, Adeena moved to Israel after meeting an expat American who is now her husband. She lived in Jerusalem shortly after college in the 1990s and visited the country frequently over the years...

Jenna Helwig wanted a career in television when she was in college, so she worked for a television entertainment company for years. But over time, it became more and more disenchanting. “While of...

Most recently, Dana's involved with restaurant advocacy through ROAR, which she shared more about along with insights from her culinary career and her outlook for the future. Here are some of the...

Kings of Pastry This documentary follows the journey of a group of world-class chefs competing for the elite award: Meilleur Ouvrier de France, which is given to the most distinguished craftsmen in...

Vicki Paradise (Culinary, 19) enrolled in ICE’s Culinary Arts program with the goal of becoming a head chef at a restaurant she'd own someday in the elusive future. But throughout the program, her...

The Institute of Culinary Education's Los Angeles campus hosted Sarah Farmer, Taste of Home’s executive culinary director who has been with the cooking magazine for 15 years, for a guest lecture...