Archive for January, 2010

Valentine’s Day-Inspired Classes at ICE

Valentine's Day-Inspired Classes at ICE

Celebrate one of the year's sweetest days with a creative gift that's guaranteed to fill your special one's heart (and stomach) with love! Cook up a

Recreational Classes

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Winter Happenings at ICE

Winter Happenings at ICE

One of the fun traditions at The Institute of Culinary Education is that on a Friday night in early January, we close the door for a big staff party

Special Events

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Lessons 55-59: Normandy, Alsace, Provence and Beyond …

Butter. Duck Fat. Pork fat. Olive oil. Pick your weapon. This week was a whirlwind tour of classic French cuisine. Our palettes travelled from

Life as a Culinary Student

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ICE Students to Compete in Almost Famous Chef Competition

ICE Students to Compete in Almost Famous Chef Competition

Tie on an apron and sharpen those knives because ICE’s very own Joseph Margherita and Daniel Tighe will be going up against fellow top culinary

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Best and Easiest Chocolate Desserts

Best and Easiest Chocolate Desserts

The amount of butter, sugar, eggs and cocoa used in a matter of four hours was impressive to say the least. But I suppose it’s to be expected wh

Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS)

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Lessons 50-54: Food as Art

I lay a golden slice of Pommes Anna in the upper right third of the plate. Then seven sautéed yellow beans find their place parallel to the potat

Life as a Culinary Student

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The Great New York Steakhouse

The Great New York Steakhouse

Vegetarians beware. “An omnivore’s DELIGHT” should be the sub-title to this culinary class series. Chef Jane Brock led our full 16-person cl

Recreational Classes

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Lessons 43-49: France, Italy & China, here we come!

First and foremost, I promised an update as to how my Christmas culinary debut went. The good news? We didn’t end up at The Mandarin Palace. The

Life as a Culinary Student

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ICE’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studies

ICE's Center for Advanced Pastry Studies

Are you a pastry professional looking to hone your skills or take them to new heights? ICE Culinary’s Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS) at

Center for Advanced Pastry Studies (CAPS)

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