The Institute of Culinary Education » pastry school http://blog.ice.edu Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 ICE Participates in Annual Chocolate Show http://blog.ice.edu/2011/11/16/ice-participates-in-annual-chocolate-show-2/ http://blog.ice.edu/2011/11/16/ice-participates-in-annual-chocolate-show-2/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:00:43 +0000 admin http://blog.iceculinary.com/?p=9295

Last week, ICE Chef Instructors, students and alumni had the opportunity to participate in the 14th Annual Chocolate Show at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. The four-day exhibition is a huge celebration of everything chocolate and draws in pastry chefs and chocolate lovers from across the world.

Since New …

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These elegant, crunchy cookies made with puff pastry are a classic for a reason. We found this simple recipe in the ICE Pastry & Baking Arts curriculum. In class, the cookies are the students’ reward for all the rolling and folding required when making puff pastry, but at home, you …

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It’s amazing what can change in a year.

Exactly one year ago today, I began my journey as a pastry student at ICE. I stepped into checkered pants and slip-resistant black kitchen shoes for the first time. I buttoned my white chef coat from collar to bottom and covered my …

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Growing up in a small suburb in New Jersey, it never occurred to me that I would one day end up in the food industry. Until I was in high school, I can only remember visiting about three restaurants in my life. In high school, it expanded to about six …

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I’ve helped over 300 students select their externship in the time that I’ve been at ICE. So, when it came time for me to decide, I thought I had it pretty much covered. I decided to challenge myself in a restaurant where I imagined I would learn speed and be …

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Well, it’s done. We’ve decorated our fondant cakes and invited our friends and family to our Senior Reception (check out the photos of all our cakes above). Nine months and 100 lessons later, what have I really learned through taking the Pastry Arts & Baking Arts program at ICE? …

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I was never one for flowers. This Valentine’s Day, knowing that I have a strong dislike of the traditional red roses overpopulating deli storefronts and florists on February 14, my boyfriend surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of plum-colored tulips. They were beautiful — they were a surprise, they were …

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This is the part of the program where we are designers. Yes, we have had the experience of designing our chocolate showpieces, but individually making fonadant-covered cakes last week was our first experience designing solo. Well, it was actually an inedible foam cake, but it still gave us something to …

]]> http://blog.ice.edu/2011/02/10/lessons-91-92-an-eye-for-design/feed/ 0 New Pastry & Baking Arts Chef Instructors at ICE http://blog.ice.edu/2011/02/10/new-pastry-baking-arts-chef-instructors-at-ice/ http://blog.ice.edu/2011/02/10/new-pastry-baking-arts-chef-instructors-at-ice/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:57:57 +0000 admin http://blog.iceculinary.com/?p=5930 Last week, DICED told you about the new Chef Instructors in our Culinary Arts classrooms. But ICE also recently hired a team of new Chef Instructors for our Pastry & Baking Arts program. With their wide and varied backgrounds, they are sure to bring a plethora of skills and techniques …

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For the past week, Guns n’ Roses’ Patience has been playing like a soundtrack in my mind during some of the most frustrating moments of my day. Moments like waiting 45 minutes in line to buy a bottle of champagne at 6:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, finding out my …

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