Culinary Institute of America News

Eileen Turner and Jackie Stover are out to change America - starting with its youth.

While the Norwalk Inn has served as a mainstay for the city's corporate meeting world for many years, it has hardly been known as a dining destination--until now.

When John Ferrulli II of Carteret was a student at Bishop Ahr High School in Edison, he knew his future didn't include a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. job.

There's a fantastic line of yummy goodies for your pets - I've even tasted the dog cookies - created by a gourmet chef, Mitch Ross .A A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America , Ross flipped his catering business into an international gourmet all-natural treat business for dogs, cats, horses and birds.

Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. When Lakeland Christian School alumnus Marc Spooner told his father he was going to be on the Food Network show "Chopped," his father said, "Are you sure?" "I was surprised," said Spooner's father, Gary Spooner, 65, of Lakeland.

The Woodlands , Texas, June 2009 ... Benchmark Hospitality International has announced the establishment of the Bob Zappatelli Culinary Arts Scholarship.

The eggs, olive oil, butter squares and chopped onion didn't get much attention.

Something to remember before you order: Restaurant patrons spent more money when menus list prices without dollar signs, according to Cornell University School of Hospitality Research in New York.

Ever since President Obama and his daughters visited the Dairy Godmother on Saturday, business at the Del Ray custard shop has increased by 20 percent, enough that owner Liz Davis has had to add extra staff to some shifts.

Market Basket It's squash season. Markets are starting to overflow with summer squash and zucchini, perfect for grilling.

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. Keeping it simple is the unmistakable philosophy of the Vue Wine Bar, housed in a revamped historic building just off Main Street in downtown Hendersonville.

THE CATCH Seafood Tavern embraces summer with moderately priced seafood, laid-back surroundings and a rooftop dining deck that affords views of Port Jefferson Harbor and the comings and goings of the ferries.

Executive chef at The Mansion on Turtle Creek for 21 years, Dean Fearing opens his own restaurant, Fearing's, next month in The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas.

Suzannah Ramsdale Copia looks set to re-open after a settlement was reached that will see ownership of the wine centre given to its largest creditor.

IT MAY have been the smoky taste of the trout. Or the crispness of the pizza crust.

Greg Hatem, the real estate developer whose efforts to preserve Raleigh's historic buildings have yielded savory side effects in the form of restaurants such as The Duck & Dumpling, The Pit, The Raleigh Times Bar and Sitti, is at it again.

Something to remember before you order: Restaurant patrons spent more money when menus listed prices without dollar signs, according to Cornell University School of Hospitality Research in New York.

I'm up at the venerable Culinary Institute of America , shooting the last videos featuring the world's most iconic recipes for our Emmy-award winning Around the World in 80 Dishes .

FRANKLIN - If something isn't being baked or cooked in Lona Heid-Heins' kitchen, chances are that preparations for some tasty treat are under way.

Five days a week, Andrea Amrod shows up for work in the kitchen of Ferguson Hall on the campus of the Culinary Institute of America.