A standard restaurant kitchen

What Restaurateurs Need to Know Before Signing a Lease

“My life is about helping restaurateurs,” Eddie said. “They have become my friends, who I represent and who I advocate for.” Over the last 16 years, he has helped more than 500 clients successfully

Adjaruli Khachapuri (Boat-Shaped Georgian Cheese Bread)

Georgia’s Khachapuri Combines Tradition, Egg and Cheese Bread

Perhaps it’s that money shot of the bright orange, runny yolks blended into a pool of cheese, that has promoted one of the most addictive and unique bread variations in recent [social media] memory

Nick Huddleston makes pasta at ICE Los Angeles.

This ICE Alum Helped Open LA’s Otoño

A Los Angeles native, Nick graduated from New York University in 2014 with a degree in sociology. During college, he held a series of internships in the entertainment business and then landed a job as

Eater named Tesse LA’s Most Beautiful Restaurant of the Year in 2018.

Restaurant Design Advice from a Los Angeles Expert

“Restaurants are tough business models,” Alexis explains. She goes through a process of discovery to determine what is at the core ⎯ as she describes it, the deep essence and ethos ⎯ of each brand

Shari Bayer hosts Bo Bech on "All in the Industry."

Five Podcasts for Food Professionals

The Dave Chang Show If there’s one person in the food industry that makes me want to crawl inside his brain to know what makes him tick, it’s David Chang. The prolific and peripatetic chef/owner’s

A bowl of Barry Callebaut chocolates.

A Chocolate Primer for Aspiring Chefs

Indigenous to Mexico, as well as Central and South America, chocolate is the product of the cocoa or cacao bean, which grows on pod-like fruit from the cocoa tree. Aztecs were the earliest

A Masor jar of multi-colored beans with a spice blend makes a pretty homemade gift.

An Easy, Insta-Worthy Homemade Food Gift

You’ll need a quart-sized Mason jar, a small sachet or bag for the spices, paper or a note card, string or twine, and optionally creative supplies to decorate your jar, lid and/or recipe card

A dish of Brussels sprouts is served.

How to Make Better Brussels Sprouts

One way to avoid that unappealing aroma is using Chef Sands’ no-fail recipe. “The key thing about this recipe is that because of the mustard, the flavors all meld together very well,” he says. “It’s

Wines from Spain serves a tasting of white and red wines at ICE's Los Angeles campus.

A Beginner’s Guide to Spanish Wines

Spain began producing wine more than 3,000 years ago. The earliest examples were vineyards planted in the sherry-producing regions of Jerez and Cadiz, which date back to the Phoenicians around 1100 B

ICE alum Yoon Hee Kim visited the LA campus for a tea tasting and demo.

How a Culinary Arts Grad Became a Tea Expert and Educator

How did you become engrossed in tea? Tea has been a constant in my life even when I didn’t know it was. Once I began teaching tea, I learned that it was there before I was born. I came to the U.S

Students learn to taste olive oil at ICE Los Angeles.

The Golden State’s Liquid Gold

Last week, COOC Executive Director Patricia Darragh visited ICE’s Los Angeles campus with freshly produced oil from the 2018 harvest, offering a rare opportunity for students to taste outside of an

A platter of jamon iberico is served.

Spain’s Prized Ham: Jamón Ibérico

If you’ve ever visited Spain, you probably noticed that ham is everywhere. You may have awed at ham legs hanging from shop ceilings like pork chandeliers and downed several glasses of albariño while

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