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A veteran of Le Bernardin and Red Rooster, Adrienne made it to the “Top Chef” finale with her takes on Southern food with French techniques, which she showcases monthly in her Sunday Best pop-up...

Technically classified as a spice, ginger belongs to the same family as turmeric and cardamom. The word comes from an old sanskrit one meaning “shaped like a horn,” and the gangly root is...

My whole, big Italian family is from Staten Island, where I was born and raised. That’s all I know. We had cookie days during the holidays and I fell in love with baking more than cooking, which I...

Molds Dog-shaped molds can be purchased on Amazon or Etsy. Use an offset spatula to push the ice cream into the molds, and clean off the top completely. Then freeze. Depending on your freezer and ice...

This exploit began as I pondered current trends in pastry. As a chef and business owner, it’s important to keep up with what is happening in the pastry world. Some believe the secret to success is...

ICE alum Colleen Riley is the chef de cuisine at Valerie Confections. What led you to a career in pastry? People in the food world normally reminisce about cooking with their moms, but my mom is not a...

All of our best holidays are celebrated with abundance, and the candy focused ones are no exception. We can’t imagine that we’ll ever get tired of these indulgent treats, but soon, the idea of one...

What would it look like for 16 nervous pastry students to run around one kitchen frantically making our assigned items? What if luck wasn’t on my side on test day and the end result was less than...

I love smoking foods. Sometimes, the technique adds a punch of smoky outdoors, cooked-all-day kind of flavor, and sometimes in baked goods, it adds a savory note that raises the level of overall...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a planner. Whether it’s a packing list, a restaurant short list in a new city or simply a weekend full of carefully curated commitments, I’ve always valued...

We ask Dana about what switched the light bulb and led to three locations, more than 80 macaron flavors, Instagram fame and an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award since Dana's Bakery opened...

Fashion is one of my most favorite forms of inspiration, and ruffles and pleats come straight off the runway. As such, there are many interpretations of each treatment, from tight and formal to random...