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| Anton Plaza at the Culinary Institute of America |
If one has a passion for food we heard this is the right place to come. It is the world’s premier culinary college for training those who wish to become future chefs. Entering onto Anton Plaza in front of the Roth Hall is an impressive sight indeed.
Purple wisteria blooms over the entrance of the red brick, three-story main building, There are pergolas symmetrically surrounding the central fountain in the open courtyard. We saw students mingling around in their chef jackets outside relaxing for a break as we entered the building.
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| Pastry Kitchen |
It costs about $35, 000 per year for tuition plus board and room at the Institute. Referred to as CIA it offers an exceptional dining experience in any one of its five restaurants on campus. The key is to have reservations ahead of time for dinner which we unfortunately didn’t, We have dined at the CIA sister campus of Greystone in Napa Valley back home. The hospitality office provided us a campus tour of the various kitchens and explained about the culinary program courses.
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| Sorry couldn't take this to the motor home darn! |
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| A meat preparation kitchen |
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| How many eggs and cups of sugar into this cake? Wanna bit? |
Watching some of the chefs in action through the kitchen windows crafting their skills for baking assorted breads, making cultural foods, preparing fresh pasta, meats, and creating delectable pastries and exquisite desserts was great fun.
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| Inner Courtyard at CIA |
Afterwards we were able to finagle seating at the St. Andrew’s Restaurant for a scrumptious gourmet meal, All the right ingredients wrapped up another perfect day of adventure with an evening sunset back at Mills-Norrie State Park.
