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Last week I attended The Complete Chinese Dinner, a recreational cooking class taught by Kian Lam Kho, founder of Redcook.net, a Chinese home cooking blog. Chef Kho also co-wrote Knack Chinese Cooking...

I realize it’s an odd combination of flavors, but our gastronomical tour over the past 10 lessons has spanned from Sardinia and Naples to Tokyo and New Delhi. We finished our lessons on traditional...

This week was a whirlwind tour of classic French cuisine. Our palettes traveled from Brittany and Normandy to Alsace and Lorraine, making stops to taste Souffles d’Alencon en Timbales, Tarte Flambée...

The contest, which will be held at ICE on February 3rd as the northeast regional competition, will pit Margherita and Tighe against students from The Culinary Institute of America, The French Culinary...

This chocoholic-crew was led by Chef Nick Malgieri, author of eight cookbooks (most recently The Modern Baker). Chef Malgieri was the former executive pasty chef at Windows on the World and is...

It’s been five straight days of plate design with Chef Mike, and I can honestly say that it’s been my favorite part yet of the Culinary Career Program. Then again, I’m the type of person who considers...

Plus, the meat-lovers evening included an added bonus of learning how to make steakhouse specialties like shrimp cocktail, clams casino (my personal favorite), creamed spinach, truffled mashed...

Who knew that higher altitudes and lesser air pressure makes for at least twice the cooking time?All in all, it was a huge success and my family raved about the potato gratin, seared flank steak and...

* Missy Robbins (Culinary ’95) is executive chef of recently opened restaurant A Voce Columbus. A Voce Columbus, which was opened after the success of A Voce (Madison Avenue), was given a 2-star...

It was the perfect class for those of us who were interested in getting some real education on this bubbly beverage just in time to pop some corks for the holiday season! While nothing can compare to...

While the amount of physical labor involved in the program makes it hard to actually pack on the pounds, the food is just so irresistibly good. Perhaps the fact that we’ve prepared it heightens our...

Apparently I’m not the only one because there is a whole wide world of travel-food writing out there. In an effort to get the inside scoop on how to get started in this enviable business, I joined a...