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ICE recently announced two new scholarships worth up to $35,000 and 195 high school scholarships worth up to $651,000. All are for students pursuing their dreams in the culinary and hospitality...

Cheese is the great unifier. There is at least one variety of cheese to pair with anything, whether the main dish is a savory dinner or a sweet dessert. There is a cheese, however, that offers the...

In practice, a "food tradition" can be simple — cooking a recipe with a particular ingredient; a family trademark. It can also be as complex as a multi-course meal with carefully-curated foods served...

Being a classic Italian dessert, this “pick me up” (that is the literal translation from Italian) is a crowd pleaser and everyone will have a strong idea about how they like their tiramisu. The basics...

ICE Los Angeles Pastry & Baking Arts Chef-Instructor Carrie Smith has made many cakes throughout her professional career. One of her go-to decorations is the rice paper sail, which is essentially just...

To celebrate the holiday season, two of ICE LA's Chef-Instructors put their apple pie recipes to the test. The pies came from Assistant Dean of Students, Chef Bridget Vickers, and Pastry & Baking Arts...

Once the turkey is all gone, there are myriad ways to repurpose leftover cranberry sauce. Do you eat it as a sweet spread or try to make another savory main dish to go along with it? Thanks to ICE LA...

For his Thanksgiving centerpiece last year, he lit a squash on fire. This year's dish, though not actively en flambé, is even more dramatic. Meet the cartoon turkey "leg" roast. "The people go wild...

Everyone knows the best part of Thanksgiving is the sides. Among them is stuffing, the darling of the table for carbohydrate-inclined holiday diners. The Institute of Culinary Education's Chef...

Among the many Day of the Dead culinary traditions, one of the most well-known are calaveras, the often ornately decorated sugar skulls so closely associated with the holiday. ICE LA Pastry & Baking...

The most festive cake of the spooky season has arrived: Meet the GHOUL log, an eerie roulade cake decked out for Halloween. A roulade cake, also known as a Swiss roll or a rolled cake, is typically...

The basic recipe — dates, opened and pitted, covered with nut butter and chocolate — went viral. The recipe is deceptively easy and healthy, and, as many home cooks on social media will tell you, it's...