Essentials of Indian Cooking

For a flash course on all the basics you need to make a varied and impressive meal, look no further. With a professional chef, you'll gain the skills vital for moving through any simple menu with ease. You'll practice knife skills, roasting vegetables, cooking proteins with a pan sauce and a vinaigrette. Then you'll use what you learned as you make a menu of: popovers; sautéed chicken with classic pan sauce; roasted root vegetable salad with fresh herb dressing and garlic mashed potatoes.

In this 2 hour workshop, you will make ham and cheese crepes, crepe Normandy and crepe suzette!

While visions of sandy Caribbean beaches might be the first thing to come to mind when thinking of Puerto Rico, mountains, rivers and lakes make up a large portion of the landscape. Come learn more about the island and a cuisine that celebrates a rich and diverse heritage, as you make arroz con gandules (rice and pigeon peas); bacalaitos (salt cod fritters); pollo guisado (chicken stew); and mofongo (mashed green plantains).

Do you need an antidote for the cold weather? Can that antidote never be too rich or too flavorful? How about spending a whole evening with lush red wines from around the world and hearty cheeses that match them? Richard Vayda, ICE's director of wine studies, will discuss cheesemaking and cheese service, as well as red wine and food pairing, as you sip and eat the evening away. We'll taste at least eight wines, plus matching cheeses.