The CSCA Offers First-Ever Food Writing Workshop through the Recreational Program
August 6-10, 2012
$500.00
[May 11, 2012] Join Susan G. Purdy, award-winning cookbook author, culinary journalist, and CSCA seminar instructor, for a five-day interactive adventure through the world of food writing and publishing. Explore all types of food writing from cookbooks and reviews, to menus, memoirs, and magazine articles. Plus, learn writing skills needed for the internet and blogs.
Through lectures, practical examples from the 'real' world of publishing, and hands-on individual and group exercises, students will practice writing in different styles for various purposes. Susan will also discuss how to work with agents, editors, publishers, and with contracts.
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The CSCA Introduces Excursion to Spain — Barcelona and The Basque Coast
September 17 - September 27, 2012
$4100.00 (Land Only)
[May 10, 2012] The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts is pleased to announce a one-of-a-kind opportunity for culinary students, culinary professionals, and food enthusiasts to travel to Barcelona and the Basque Coast in Spain with Chefs Gerard Lopez and Roberta L. Dowling.
The excursion runs from Tuesday, September 17 (departure) through Thursday, September 27 (return). The trip includes tours and stays in Barcelona, Lerida, Vielha, Saint Gaudens, Espelette, San Sebastien, Saint Jean Pied de Port, Pamplona, and Saragossa.
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CSCA Alumni Honored for Work to Cure Diabetes
[March 19, 2012] Wesley Chen is no stranger to the far-reaching effects diabetes can have on a family. His paternal grandmother has been living with Type 2 Diabetes for more than 30 years. Now 88 years old, the family credits Ah-Pao Chen's resiliency to the care she has received at the world's preeminent diabetes research and clinical care organization, the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.
It was the treatment received by Ah-Pao that serves as the inspiration for Chen's continued involvement with Joslin. Wesley is the executive chef of the Lotus Cuisine chain of restaurants, which he owns and operates with his four brothers and two sisters. He was originally approached by Joslin more than 10 years ago to help with a food demonstration being given at a diabetes conference held in Boston.
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Steve "Nookie" Postal Competes on Bravo's New Culinary Show "Around the World in 80 Plates"
[March 7, 2012] The Bravo network is launching a new cooking show this May called "Around the World in 80 Plates." The cast was recently announced and includes CSCA Alumni Steve "Nookie" Postal PCP '99, the executive chef at Fenway Park. The show is hosted by Curtis Stone and Cat Cora. Twelve contestants will race over 40 days and across 10 countries including Argentina, China, England, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Thailand, The U.S.A., and Uruguay. The show premieres on May 9th at 10:00pm.
According to Bravo's announcement about the show, "In each episode, the contestants will travel to a different international city to learn the local customs, cultures and cuisines as they battle it out in two different cooking challenges testing their skills and determination." There will be several team and individual cook-offs each episode with a number of chef celebrities serving as culinary ambassadors to the contestants."
Read the full story at Eater.com
Master Pastry Chef Delphin Gomes Demonstrates French Macarons for the Valentine's Day 2012 Newsletter on How2Heroes.com
[February 14, 2012] Boston's online cooking video website How2Heroes features The CSCA's Master Pastry Chef Delphin Gomes in its Valentine's Day 2012 newsletter. Chef Delphin creates the delicate and delicious French macaron in the classic method adapted for home cooks. The Valentine's Day macaron is colored bright pink and filled with a chocolate and raspberry ganache. Serve the raspberry macaron alongside the coffee macaron to make your Valentine swoon.
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The CSCA Introduces Study Abroad in Italy Program
[February 9, 2012] The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts is pleased to announce a one-of-a-kind opportunity for culinary students, culinary professionals, and food enthusiasts to study Italian cuisine and earn an "Expert of Italian Cuisine 1st Level" diploma issued by the Government of Regione Umbria.
The Study Abroad program runs from April 9, 2012, through April 22, 2012, and is based at the Istituto Culinario Orvieto at the Zeppelin Ristorante in Orvieto, Umbria.
Led by Chef Lorenzo Polegri, the Expert of Italian Cuisine Study Abroad program includes hands-on cooking classes, wine seminars, language instruction, workshops, and tours of regional culinary treasures.
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Jessica Scott PCP '07 Is Nominated for "People's Best New Pastry Chef New England" by FOOD & WINE Magazine
[February 8, 2012] After 24 years of naming America’s Best New Chefs, FOOD & WINE Magazine is ready for dessert: F&W editors are searching for the Best New Pastry Chef in the country.
Jessica Scott, a graduate of The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, is the pastry chef at Craigie on Main. She earned her Professional Chef's diploma in 2007. She has worked in the pastry departments of Boston's L'Espalier and Petit Robert Bistro restaurants and at Straight Wharf Restaurant in Nantucket.
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