Main Dishes

Peppery Beef Stew with Butternut Squash

Makes 6 to 8 servings This flavorful beef stew comes from Tuscany, where it’s ideal with the region’s famed red wines. Guanciale is cured pork jowl, which you can find in some Italian specialty markets. Pancetta makes an acceptable substitute.
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Perfect Bar Cookies

Bar cookies are baked in one large pan and portioned after baking. This term is used for traditional cookies like brownies and blondies, but baking cookies in this manner also creates the opportunity to layer flavors and textures, resulting in new varieties of delicious cookies. Just as with drop cookies, […]
Sauces, Dressings, and Condiments

Perfect Cocktail Sauce

Makes about 1 cup This makes a relatively mild cocktail sauce, so if you like a kick, add more horseradish and hot sauce to taste. Remember, Worcestershire sauce contains anchovies, so look for a vegetarian or vegan version, if needed, or omit entirely.
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Perfect your Mise en Place

Knowing how to cook is obviously important, and just like every chef and student at the CIA is on the same lifelong journey of culinary learning, you’ll want to review the essential techniques and fundamentals of cooking (start here!). But past that, the first thing you’ll learn at the CIA […]