Dorothy Cann Hamilton (1949-2016) was a true visionary and respected leader in the education and culinary worlds. Founder of The French Culinary Institute in 1984, her extraordinary dedication and innovative thinking grew the school into what is now the International Culinary Center, a world-renowned destination for culinary, pastry and wine education.

A review of ICC’s Intensive Sommelier Training program by Bottlenotes:

On March 9, the International Culinary Center held the second Pastryland Bake Sale benefiting Hot Bread Kitchen. More than 350 dessert lovers attended to taste exclusive pastries from 19 of New York City’s best pastry chefs, all while raising $5,350 for Hot Bread Kitchen, a nonprofit organization providing culinary training to low-income women in NYC.

My favorite quote has always been, “a party without cake is just a meeting” … Trust me, I would know. I’ve sat in a lot of meetings for the past 6 years. I’ve had a day job, and a night hobby.

Last Friday night, many ramen lovers from all over the city gathered at International Culinary Center for a cooking class with Hiroko Shimbo. Little did they know how passionate some of the participants were about ramen and each other!

I feel exceedingly privileged to have had the opportunity to attend MAD4. But that privilege was surpassed when I learned that I also had an opportunity to have dinner at Noma, the best restaurant in the world, in my humble opinion. In this case, my opinion is shared by many, considering Noma has been ranked best restaurant in the world by San Pellegrino four of the last five years (it finished second in 2013 but is back on top this year).