Research Guides: Baking Programs (H108, H113, H600): Videos

Featured Streaming Videos

Chocolate Road

2021, 1hr 32min

A discovery of where chocolate comes from. Three renowned chocolatiers - Maribel Lieberman, Susumu Koyama and Mikkel Friis-Holm - take us through the process of craft chocolate-making, starting from the plantations, through the different stages of preparation of the beans and all the way to the final chocolate pieces. On their journey each of them finds how important it is to know the roots of their prime material - the cacao bean, and the social impact of the people involved in the chocolate production chain.

What's With Wheat: Tracing the Causes and Effects of Gluten Intolerance

2016, 1hr 18min

A hard hitting investigation into the growing epidemic of wheat & gluten intolerance. Why is it that after eating wheat for thousands of years, it has been linked to so many health problems today?

WHAT'S WITH WHEAT provides an in depth exploration of a dietary phenomenon.

DVDs on Culinary Techniques

Basic kitchen preparation
Shows 30 fundamental culinary techniques guaranteed to improve a chefs skills and increase production. Includes vegetable preparation, flavor enhancers, and ingredient preparation and handling.
The healthy palate
The chefs, nutritionists, and researchers at the CIA take a fresh look at how to prepare food that is both healthful and flavorful. Discusses nutritional facts, food category basics, the health effects of certain foods, and methods for employing healthy foods and cooking techniques in everyday production. Includes several cooking demonstrations.
How to garnish
Chef Harvey Rosen demonstrates techniques and tools used by garde manger chefs to create garnishes, centerpieces, etc., as part of the fine art of food presentation.

DVDs on Business & Management

Exceeding expectations: service tips & techniques to keep your customers coming back
Provides a comprehensive lesson in the principles, standards, and practices that define outstanding service.
The perfect match: wine and food
Helps restaurant servers understand the elements of good wine service, including how to recommend wines that will complement specific types of foods or circumstances and techniques for serving wine.
The Perfect Server: Create a waitstaff that dazzles, delights, and delivers results
The Perfect Server DVD offers a comprehensive look at what it takes to provide top-notch service in a restaurant environment.
Recipe costing: the bottom line
Culinary Institute of America. This program takes a close look at recipe costing, a central tool used in controlling food costs.
Restaurant economics: understanding "the business of restaurants"
Culinary Institute of America. Focuses on the interplay among the three key activities of a restaurant (marketing, operations, and finance) and the people who support them (management, guests, and owners) to better understand the business of a restaurant.