Celebrating culinary arts in North Texas

Michele Brown, professor of culinary arts at Collin College, was named the 2010 Pastry Chef of the Year by the Texas Chefs Association. Brown has been a full-time professor at Collin College since January 2008.

Culinary calendar

Culinary calendar

Culinary SOS: L'Angolo Cafe's strawberry-coconut layer cake

Garnished with a sprinkling of toasted coconut flakes, it makes for a simple but elegant creation.

Fort Collins Food Diaries: The culinary saga continues

This past school year I ate my way through some of the city’s ritzy culinary offerings: A rich gluten-free chocolate torte with ganache, ahi tuna egg rolls, parmesan-crusted halibut with pine nuts and pan-seared scallops paired with pumpkin and ham hash from Fish, duck confit over a seared potato cake, bacon wrapped dates and Guinness braised short ribs from Café Vino.

CHEFS teaches culinary skills to the homeless

Ray Camarena was the last student accepted to Session 38 of the CHEFS program - Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Service - a nonprofit that teaches homeless individuals culinary skills to get them off the street and into stable jobs. She... Homelessness - Poverty - Non-profit organization - Homeless - Business