On one of their many field trips to a wide variety of food businesses, a group of ICE Culinary Management students went to Blue Smoke, Danny Meyer’s barbeque joint, last week. It was an interesting comparison to their trip to Shake Shack — another gem in Danny Meyer’s empire.

As part of ICE’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studies, ICE alum Elisa Strauss returned to ICE this week to teach a class on sculpted cakes.

Few things were as vital to the civilization of man as alcohol.

Last night, ICE’s Center for Food Media hosted Amanda Hesser in the An Evening With… series.

Sausage Day, as it’s known, is always our students’ favorite class during the Garde Manger lessons. It just so happens that it’s one of my favorite days as well. After all, I'm the guy who snuck a sausage maker onto his wedding registry while his wife was inspecting stand mixers.

Yesterday, ICE’s Center for Food Media brought Saveur Editor-in-Chief and Top Chef Masters Judge James Oseland to ICE to speak about his life and career in publishing.

While it seems like just about everyone has a great idea for a food business, ICE’s Culinary Management Instructors are seasoned industry professionals who have actually opened and operated their own restaurants and food businesses. They are still active in the industry, working on their own projects while teaching classes at ICE.

Dan Leader was at ICE yesterday to demonstrate a variety of bread recipes for ICE students and alumni. Leader, who sits on ICE’s Pastry & Baking Arts Advisory Council, was named one of Dessert Professional’s Top Ten Bread Bakers in America in 2010.