In the Kitchen with Dorothy Hamilton, Founder of the French Culinary Institute
October 30, 2009 by melanien
Filed under Food and Wine, In The Kitchen
She founded an world renowned culinary school, the French Culinary Institute (now known as the International Culinary Center), serves on the board of the James Beard Foundation, one of the most prestigious culinary foundations in the country, and still manages to teach her little girl how to make a vinaigrette. And through it all, [...]
In the Kitchen: Italian Cooking with Lidia Bastianich
July 3, 2009 by melanien
Filed under Food and Wine, In The Kitchen
It may just be pasta to you, but to Lidia Bastianich, this simple starch is life.
Lidia immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12 and eventually settled with her family near Queens, New York. To help out financially, then 14-year-old Lidia took a job at a bakery called Walken’s Bakery, owned by the parents [...]
In the Kitchen: Cooking with Iron Chef Cat Cora
June 19, 2009 by melanien
Filed under Food and Wine, In The Kitchen
It is no surprise Cat Cora became a world-renowned chef. The first female Iron Chef is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York, a trip she made on the advice of her famous mentor, Julia Child.
“I’ve been cooking all my life. My mom has pictures of me hosting tea parties for [...]
