Category: culinary institute of america
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Foodie Alert: Movable Feast at the CIA
The Culinary Institute of of America and USA Today are offering a unique culinary experience on June 21, 2014. Entitled, ” Movable Feast,” the event permits you to: Dine “across the CIA” at all three of its award-winning restaurants Mix and mingle with three of the Hudson Valley’s most celebrated CIA alumni chefs who…
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Culinary Institute of America: More Enthusiast Classes
My son, Alex, and I had a great time together at a Parent-Teen course at the Culinary Institute of America earlier this month. This year the CIA’s Hyde Park campus scheduled 43 different Enthusiast classes, with a total of 174 chances to take a great cooking course. I’ve been told that there will be more…
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The Culinary Institute of America:Great Parent-Teen Cooking Course
Now that my teenage son and daughter are getting older, I have to put a little more thought into planning a “Mom and Me” event. With parties and friends even more important, I’ve got a lot more competition and, frankly, they’ve both outgrown some of the things I would have done in the past. So…
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Cooking Classes at the California CIA at Greystone
I’ve written about my tour, dinner, and flavor bar experience at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. The final part of this culinary adventure and what I had been most looking forward to was the course, “Cooking at Home” that would be taught by Chef Andrew Wild the next day. After our great dinner…
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The CIA at Greystone-the Flavor Bar
Once my brother Bruce, Bill, and I arrived at the beautiful campus of the CIA at Greystone in California’s Napa Valley region, we were ready for our tour that would be given by Tyffani Peters, the school’s media rep. But first, we would experience something inside the school’s Spice Island Marketplace that we were told…
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Foodie Adventure in the Napa Valley-The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
If you’ve read enough my posts, you know that I’m a die hard foodie who doesn’t mind traveling thousands of miles for a good meal or to learn about a great recipe. I’ve written several pieces about the Hyde Park campus of the Culinary Institute of America,a not-for-profit institution that is considered to be the…
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Capital District Native Wins the Bronze at the Prestigious Bocuse D’or Culinary Olympics
Earlier this month, I mentioned that, on January 29, 2012, the Culinary Institute of America had hosted the Bocuse d’Or USA competition for our country’s four finalists. Click here to read about my visit to this exciting event. I didn’t know at that time that the chef who ultimately won the Bronze -William Bradley, Chef…
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“Caribbean Garden” at the New York Botanical Garden
I’m in San Francisco right now with my brothers! I’ll fill you in later on our wonderful trip to the Napa region where we were invited to visit the beautiful campus of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. We had a great time dining at their restaurant, participating in one of the school’s unusual…
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Fabulous Desserts at Culinary Institute of America’s Bocuse D’Or Gala
On January 29, 2012, it was time to celebrate after Richard Rosendale was declared the USA ‘s competitor for next January’s Bocuse D’Or in Lyon, France! Now that their present obligations had been completed, the participants were now able to move about freely, and I was able to meet the chefs including Thomas Keller. Then…
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Culinary Giants At the Bocuse D’Or USA!
In 1987, Chef of the Century, Paul Bocuse, created the Bocuse d’Or World Cuisine Contest, and these culinary olympics have since been held once every two years in Lyon, France, the city of Chef Bocuse’s premier restaurant, Auberge du Point de Collognes. Twenty three countries have competed to bring home the gold statue, but only…
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