With campuses in New York City and Los Angeles, the Institute of Culinary Education offers Culinary Arts training in person and online. Below, we answer frequently asked questions about our career...
This is my favorite time of year for many reasons, but in a culinary sense, we have an array of fantastic produce available and an enormous array of ways to prepare it. One of the best ways to get the...
At its core, pumpkin spice — or pumpkin pie spice — is a blend of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove and allspice. “I love pumpkin spice,” says ICE New York’s Lead Recreational Chef-Instructor...
“It’s a miracle of fat and flavor!" That's the passion with which Chef Cara Tannenbaum welcomed our recreational class to the wondrous world of butter. After explaining how many students make butter...
In the first five minutes of my culinary externship, I was asked to shuck oysters. (We’re talking oysters on the half-shell that would be whisked from my newly occupied station to a table in the...
A sous chef plays an important role in the formal hierarchy of a kitchen team, acting as the executive chef’s second-in-command, supervising cooks and overseeing day-to-day operations. The sous chef...
Greenmarkets have been fixtures throughout the five boroughs since 1976, showcasing nature’s bounty and various products from around the Tristate area and beyond. A part of GrowNYC, which launched in...
In my Culinary Arts program, I was with a cohort of 13 students that represented very diverse reasons for being there. On opposite ends of the spectrum, one was a recent high school graduate...
Cheddar cheese is the second-most consumed cheese in the U.S., just behind mozzarella. Despite it being our go-to cheese for nachos, burgers, grilled cheeses and homemade cheddar cheese sauce for mac...
Pooja Jhunjhunwala's (Pastry & Baking ‘16 and Cake Decorating ‘16) culinary journey has taken her across the world — which is why she's also known as The Global Vegetarian. With hundreds of thousands...
What would you do if one of the best chefs in the business came into your class to taste your food and give you advice? ICE students at our New York campus experienced just that first-hand when...
1. Wander through a farmer’s market. We do a lot of our shopping at the Union Square Greenmarket to take advantage of the freshest and tastiest produce in town. Spend time speaking with the farmers...
