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The Culinary Traditions of Kwanzaa

What food do you eat on Kwanzaa? Well, there isn't one answer, but there sure is a lot to choose from.
Andrew Blustein

Want to Launch a Food Product? This Book Can Help

ICE Chef-Instructor Kathryn Gordon's new book "Food Business: Idea to Reality" is a guide for entrepreneurs who want advice on how to start a food business.
Abbe Lewis

Our Most Popular Recipes of 2021

Here at ICE, we cook a lot. And as another year comes to a close, we look back and reflect on the many recipes we’ve tested (and retested). As we turn the calendar year, we can’t wait to see what we come up with next. Here, our top 10 recipes of 2021:
Staff Writers

The Best Kitchen Gift Ideas, According to ICE Chefs

We’re in the throes of the holiday season, and those celebrating Christmas are in crunch mode, doing last-minute shopping for family and friends. With so many kitchen gadgets at the ready, it’s hard to know what tool is best. We turned to our ICE Chef-Instructors for their ideas — here’s what they recommend gifting this holiday season.
Abbe Lewis

How To Pair Wine With Vegetables

Two ICE experts explain how to pair wines with vegetable-forward and plant-based meals.
Andrew Blustein

How to Make a Christmas Cookie Centerpiece

With a few tricks of the trade and a little patience, you can make a gorgeous, impressive and delicious tree-shaped cookie display to bring a little holiday cheer to any space.
Penny Stankiewicz 

5 New Books by ICE Alumni

Institute of Culinary Education graduates go on to a wide variety of culinary careers, including becoming authors. The types of books from ICE alumni vary widely, including illustrative cookbooks by chefs and recipe developers, restaurant management guides and memoirs about culinary or restaurant life. Part of my own decision to go culinary school came from an avid consumption of written narratives by culinary students, chefs, restaurant entrepreneurs, servers and bartenders.
Pamela Vachon

Gold-Covered Sugar Cookies

On the latest episode of Epicurious' 4 Levels series, ICE Chef-Instructor Penny Stankiewicz shows how to make sugar cookies, which she tops with royal icing, dried rose petals, lavender and 24-carat gold leaf.
Penny Stankiewicz 

How to Make the Ultimate Latkes, According to ICE Chefs

We pitted two ICE chefs against each other to see which family latke recipe reigned supreme.
Abbe Lewis

3 Southern Side Dishes That Will (Almost) Make You Forget the Turkey on Thanksgiving

We all have a favorite Thanksgiving side. This doesn't mean, however, that we shouldn't mix in new recipes. Now is the perfect time — as we welcome the changing season and celebrate life's joys and inspirations — to branch out (fall tree pun intended) and embrace fresh flavors.
Amanda Cargill