In the past few weeks, DICED has brought you two cookie recipes and asked to hear your favorite holiday memories. With only a few more sleeps until Santa comes, we asked the ICE Director of Pastry & Baking Arts Program, Andrea Tuntunjian to share her holiday traditions

ICE is proud to announce the formation of the ICE Kevin Nurse Memorial Scholarship to commemorate and honor the life of Kevin Nurse, a triumphant individual whose boundless passion for food helped him prevail over remarkable odds and become a successful chef.

Often, it’s eight o’clock in the morning in New York and all of a sudden I have an overwhelming craving for spiced lamb. To people outside of New York that may sound completely insane, but to anyone whose commute passes a “street meat” vendor, you know exactly what I mean.

Last week, we brought you a recipe for Pecan Balls to add to your holiday baking repertoire. This week, we’re bringing you another cookie recipe to help celebrate the season.

Last night, ICE hosted former Bon Appétit Editor-in-Chief Barbara Fairchild in a small, intimate discussion about her experiences and her lessons for would-be food media professionals.

When ICE President Rick Smilow and Anne E. McBride wrote "Culinary Careers: How to Get Your Dream Job in Food," they discovered a plethora of food jobs they had never heard of before. Since the book's release, they have been discovering even more interesting career paths in the food world. DICED shares some of them with you in a reoccurring feature, “Unique Culinary Careers.”

As Director of Career Services at ICE, I see a lot of people who want to make a career change. But lately, I’ve seen a trend among our students and alumni looking to make not only a change in career, but a change in their communities.

If what lies beneath is important in making cakes, it is appearance that counts in plating desserts.

Every December the air is filled with a special sense of wonder. The season is not like others.

Yesterday, as part of our Meet the Culinary Entrepreneur series, ICE students were able to learn from Bill Niman, proprietor of BN Ranch and founder of Niman Ranch.