Episodes
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Introduction to Inside the Plant-Forward Kitchen: New York
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Inside the Plant-Forward Kitchen: New York is the second edition of a new educational video produced by The Culinary Institute of America—a first-of-its-kind video reference library documenting the best of plant-forward cuisine. In this documentary series, we explore the markets and restaurants of New York with the chefs who are on the leading edge of this culinary mega-trend.
We talk to Chef Amanda Cohen, a pioneer in the plant-forward movement at her restaurant Dirt Candy. We meet Chef Daniel Humm, who discusses how he transformed his world-famous restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, into a fully vegan establishment. We’ll experience the Middle Eastern creations of Shukette, traditional Iranian and Persian food at Sofreh, organic Queens diner fare at Golden Diner, and Southern Soul Food cooking at Cadence. We visit two Mexican restaurants, Cosme and Oxomoco, where the chefs combine Mexican gastronomy with locally grown New York produce. Finally, we leave New York to see how plant-forward principles can be scaled at high volume foodservice, when we head to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with Chef Alexander Ong.
Watch the full documentary and find recipes here!
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Sabich with Watermelon Salad and Watermelon Rind “Amba”
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
A sabich is traditionally pita or laffa bread stuffed with fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg, chopped salad, amba, and tahini sauce. It’s an Iraqi Jewish street food that has become a staple of Israeli cuisine. This creative twist features watermelon salad and watermelon rind "amba." Amba is traditionally a super pungent, tangy mango sauce popular in Iraq and Israel. In this version, Chef Magnus Young, Chef de Cuisine and Culinary Manager at the Bruschetteria Food Truck for Clif Family Wines in St. Helena, CA, makes the sauce using watermelon rind in place of mango. This dish is a delicious way to use all parts of the watermelon and reduce food waste.
Get the sabich recipe here!
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Grilled Lamb Chops with Watermelon Molasses, Sofrito and Polenta
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
For a delicious dish that balances the richness of grilled lamb with the bright and fruity sweetness of watermelon molasses, try these grilled lamb chops with watermelon molasses, watermelon sofrito, and polenta. Your guests will love the combination of savory and smoky lamb with sweet and fruity watermelon glaze, spiced watermelon sofrito, and creamy polenta. Chef de Cuisine and Culinary Manager at the Bruschetteria Food Truck for Clif Family Wines in St. Helena, CA, Magnus Young shows us how to make this stunning entree.
Get the Grilled Lamb Chops recipe here!
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Melonchelada Cocktail
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
Sunday Feb 11, 2024
This fruity, sweet, and refreshing drink inspired by the traditional michelada, uses watermelon juice in place of tomato juice. Chef Magnus Young, Chef de Cuisine and Culinary Manager at the Bruschetteria Food Truck for Clif Family Wines in St. Helena, CA, shows us how he makes this watermelon “melonchelada.”
Get the recipe for this Melonchelada Cocktail here!
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Watermelon Stack Cake
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Chef de Cuisine and Culinary Manager at the Bruschetteria Food Truck for Clif Family Wines in St. Helena, CA, Magnus Young shows us how to make a watermelon stack cake. This stack cake filling gets its beautiful color and sweet flavor from watermelon molasses and watermelon butter, and is inspired by a classic Appalachian dessert. Some historians believe that stack cake was a 19th century Appalachian wedding tradition, where each guest brought a single cake layer to the ceremony, which would then be assembled and spread with apple butter. This cake features sweet, jammy watermelon butter in between the layers.
Get the Watermelon Stack Cake recipe here.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Pecan Delight Ice Cream Sundae
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Here’s an elevated version of a banana split. This Maple Pecan Ice Cream Sundae is made with Caramelized Bananas, Pecan Honey Tuile, Orange Cranberry Compote and Candied Pecans. This Pecan Delight Ice Cream Sundae brings together familiar and nostalgic flavors that your guests will love.
This was one of the winning recipes created by Tkaiya Dryden, a student at The Culinary Institute of America during the New Mexico Pecan Student Innovation Challenge.
Get the Pecan Delight Ice Cream Sundae recipe here!
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Pecan and Mascarpone Ravioli with Brown Butter Sage Sauce
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Delight your guests with this delicious dish that’s perfect for fall: Pecan and Mascarpone Ravioli with Brown Butter Sage Sauce. The crisp and buttery New Mexico pecans, the creamy mascarpone, and the rich brown butter sage sauce create a dish that’s both indulgent and comforting. These ravioli are the taste of fall in one creamy, sweet, and savory bite: Pecan and Mascarpone Ravioli with Brown Butter Sage Sauce.
This was one of the winning recipes created by Jayden Kemanian, a student at The Culinary Institute of America during the New Mexico Pecan Student Innovation Challenge.
Get the Pecan and Mascarpone Ravioli recipe here!
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Pecan Ricotta
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Saturday Oct 14, 2023
Wow your guests with this delicious vegetarian pasta dish: Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Pecan Ricotta, Roasted Brussels Sprout Leaves and Apple Fennel Salad. The combination of pillowy soft gnocchi, creamy pecan ricotta, and refreshingly crisp apple fennel salad, make this a winning menu option.
This was one of the winning recipes created by Olivia Delisle, a student at The Culinary Institute of America during the New Mexico Pecan Student Innovation Challenge.
Get the Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Pecan Ricotta recipe here!
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