We’ve all heard the old saying of how you hope your children will take care of you when you get old and grey. Luckily for me one of my “kids” (well, actually, I mentored her when she started in the industry) is the pastry chef of a new restaurant and I’ve easily got the grey part covered.

Yesterday, ICE students took part in a very unique demo from some of the people behind the scenes of one of TV’s top-related food shows.

ICE’s Culinary Management program culminates with each student preparing and presenting a fully developed business plan that defines the culinary business of his or her choosing to real-world investors.

ICE’s first-ever Hospitality Management class is progressing through the program, learning all the ins and outs of the travel and tourism industry.

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.