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The first time I created an arepa was in 2014 before I opened my first Latin restaurant, Blend on the Water in Long Island City, Queens. People came to the restaurant for the views and enjoyed the...

Chef Diego Lozano has taken on the challenge of making modern pastries with Brazilian ingredients and classic European techniques. He founded São Paolo pastry school Escola de Confeitaria and spreads...

Take the history of hotel keys. First, they were actual mechanical keys, then they eventually became credit-card-like keys that needed to be swiped or inserted, and now they’re usually the same kind...

The word umami describes one of the five main tastes, alongside bitter, sweet, salty and sour. Over 100 years ago, Dr. Ikeda in Japan discovered Umami as an addition to the already documented four...

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...

Chef Barbara says she likes roasting because you can have the whole chicken with white and dark meat without the mess of cooking stovetop. Her pro trick: Place sprigs of thyme underneath the chicken...

It’s probably for the best that the pastry module is over because your body can only eat croissants for dinner for so long. This is a chapter in my culinary school diaries that I am ready to leave...

The chef was a model and outdoors enthusiast who found an outlet for his artwork in the kitchen and followed that chance opportunity to unprecedented acclaim. He’s known for connecting with nature in...

Once that first autumn breeze blows in, we almost immediately switch gears to heartier foods. Inspired by what’s happening around us with the changing leaves crunching under our feet, the aroma of...

"Contrary to popular belief, you never want to boil a potato," Chef Barry says. "Simmer[ing] allows them to cook through very evenly." He sources French ratte potatoes, which are rich, decadent and...

As a British guy living in the states it took me a few years to understand Thanksgiving, but now it’s one of my favorite holidays – if I’m not working! Pumpkin and pecan pies are not very common in...

My mother has always made a leftover turkey soup that used a traditional curry powder as its base and while always delicious, I couldn't help but notice that the curry overpowered the other components...