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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...

Growing up, I heard my friends talk about all the traditional dishes that their mothers and grandmothers would make for them or teach them to cook. My mother, on the other hand, made grilled chicken...

Many people do not know that I am a licensed and ordained Christian pastor and my first call to service is actually in my commitment to God and humanity. I am what is considered a bi-vocational...

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...

Dancing choreography is a series of steps, set to music, filled with passion and I have come to find that cooking isn’t much different from dance. The steps are your recipe and the music is the honing...

Adriano Piazza studies Culinary Arts at ICE's LA campus. I moved to the United States from Italy just a couple of years ago and I can say I have studied food my entire life, from growing up in a...

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...

My mom is Venezuelan, my dad is Japanese and food has always been an integral part of my family’s traditions. Sundays were arepa days, filled with reina pepiada , an avocado chicken salad, or ham and...

Mini-neighbor: Why can’t you tease egg whites? Me: I have no idea! Mini-neighbor: Because they can’t take a yolk! Me: Hyolk! Hyolk! Hyolk! Now it was my turn. Me: Why is the chef so mean? Mini...

As a public relations professional with a passion for cooking, I chose to pursue an externship in the field of food media at Tasting Table . My goal was to hone my skills in the kitchen while learning...

“I was working in public relations in Washington, D.C., but my mind just kept coming back to food, and I knew it was time to make a change.” After touring multiple culinary schools, Lizzie chose ICE...

This year, students were charged with creating Belgian-style dishes to pair with Allagash's popular Saison beer. Of the many students who submitted recipes, the, top three—Hadar Aviram, David Kurihara...