Culinary Arts

ICE Entertaining: Brunch

For some, it is the perfect meal for when you roll of bed at noon after a night out. For others, it is a meal that is late enough in the day for friends from across the boroughs to commute to their

Tourné Workshop

A tournéd vegetable is an assured signifier of a chef’s skill, and in Chef Instructor Ted Siegel’s Tourné Workshop five lucky Culinary Arts students took our first step, or first carefully carved

Tex-Mex Fiesta

A history of Tex-Mex food, a lesson in the art of wrapping tamales and an appreciation for how different fruits can give signature flair to your margaritas. While some of the lessons learned in class

Carême and the Grand Art of French Cooking in the 19th Century

Chef Cathy Kaufman, ICE’s resident food historian, didn’t miss a beat introducing us to life in 1800s France. Ushered in with background music appropriate to the era, Chef Cathy launched the evening

Chefs of Grey Poupon Competition Winner Sonali Ruder

We are so proud of Sonali that we wanted to give her a chance to tell us some more about the competition in her own words. What was the day of the competition like? We had a lot of time in the morning

Upcoming Classes: May 2010

May 14–15 Impressive Historic Desserts In this historically inspired class, Kathryn Gordon will help you create a completely edible sugar and chocolate display tower decorated with marzipan. On Day 1

ICE Student Wins Chefs of Grey Poupon Student Competition

Sonali’s friends and teachers closely monitored the event from ICE, where we dined on mustard-friendly snacks like pigs in a blanket, pretzels and beer. Sonali had been working on her mustard dish

Meet the Culinary Entrepreneurs: Jason Apfelbaum

During his Meet the Culinary Entrepreneurs lecture Jason Apfelbaum, President and CEO of Chef & Company, provided inspiration, insight and a whole lot of fun for students in ICE’s Culinary Management

Meet the Culinary Entrepreneurs: Eileen Crane

ICE Director of Wine Studies Richard Vayda shares more: How and why does one make the leap from university nutrition teacher to CEO and Winemaker at an award-winning California winery? Eileen Crane of

ICE Chef Instructor Judges Specialty Food Awards

Chef Lorrie and 12 other judges tasted 1, 570 specialty gourmet and hand-made foods to select 125 finalists in 31 categories. The judging criteria included: taste, quality, innovativeness, ingredient

Alexandra Guarnaschelli: A Passion for Cooking Demo

During a demo at ICE Yesterday, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, the executive chef at New York City’s Butter, admitted, “Sometimes I think my food isn’t as good as it could be.” It’s hard to imagine that she

Student Cooking Competition at ICE

C-CAP is designed to encourage high school students who show interest and aptitude in the Culinary Arts to turn their young passion into a long-term career. The 20th Annual Cooking Competition for

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