Calaveras (Sugar Skulls) for D铆a De Los Muertos
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
Ghoul Log Halloween Roulade Cake
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
Pumpkin Spice Date Bark Recipe
The basic recipe 鈥 dates, opened and pitted, covered with nut butter and chocolate 鈥 went viral. The recipe is deceptively easy and healthy, and, as many home cooks on social media will tell you, it's
Meet ICE LA Instructor Trinh Dang
"When I told my mom that I was in the food industry, she actually laughed," Trinh says. "She said, 'You were such a picky eater when you were little.' I would chipmunk my food because I didn't want to
Edamame Risotto with Confit Mushrooms
Plating a dish is like creating a work of edible art. There are so many ways to interpret a dish 鈥 something as simple as rearranging an element on the plate or switching out a garnish can change the
Hawaii Wildfire Relief Resources & Spam Musubi Recipe
At the beginning of August, huge wildfires burned over swaths of land in the western part of the island of Maui. The fires, which were especially destructive in the coastal town of Lahaina and the
ICE LA Students Cook Competitively For Charity
On June 23, ICE LA partnered with local community services organization Friends In Deed for the organization鈥檚 first-ever Cooking for a Cause fundraising event. The event, which was modeled after
Chef Shenarri 鈥淕reens鈥 Freeman Opens Vegan Restaurant in LA
Ubuntu, the new restaurant helmed by Chef Shenarri, opened at 7469 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood on August 1, where it's serving up a dynamic menu full of West African-inspired flavor. And, as per
ICE LA鈥檚 Newest Lead Chef Loves Minecraft
He鈥檚 worked as an executive chef and chef de cuisine at multiple restaurants since 2016 and has an ever-growing list of innovative pop-up and brick-and-mortar restaurant ideas. He鈥檚 also an avid gamer
Chef Carrie's Luscious Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe
This recipe, while being one of her go-to's, is also the same recipe used in ICE's Pastry & Baking Arts program. "The basic ratio is very simple. It's one part egg whites, two parts of sugar, two
ICE Chefs' Father's Day Food Traditions
Most chefs, regardless of parental status, know that Mother's Day is actually one of the quintessential examples of a "food holiday." Whether it's brunch reservations at a fancy restaurant snagged
Irish Soda Bread Recipe
In The Techniques of Artisan Bread Baking course at ICE, one of the first few recipes students make is Irish soda bread. Many American bakers tend to associate the bread with St. Patrick's Day, though