December= French Pastry School
Twelve Deals of Christmas Hello again friends! I do hope you are all enjoying our Twelve Deals of Christmas sale. If you aren’t sure what I am talking about, each day for the first 12 days of December we are offering a special deal on some of our favorite products! So far we have had…
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Happy Thanksgiving from the ISAC Team! We hope that everyone has a happy, healthy holiday today! I know everyone of you will be enjoying your delicious Thanksgiving feasts with your family and friends! If you are one of our overseas friends, celebrate with us by having a big dinner and being thankful for all that you have! GREEN Friday…
Visions of Sugar Plums and GINGERBREAD!
Chef Nicholas got back Tuesday after judging the National Gingerbread Competition held at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. This was the 22nd year of the competition and Chef Nicholas tenth year as judge. Prior to his tenure as judge for the National Gingerbread Competition, Chef Nicholas judges two Food Network Challenge…
Open House Happiness!
ISAC’s Grand Holiday Open House Thank you, thank you, thank you to EVERYONE who attended our Grand Holiday Open House this past weekend! It was, as always, so nice to see our old friends and even nicer to meet so many new ones! We hope that everyone had as much fun as we did! I…
History of the Holiday Cookie!
It’s Cookie Time! Have you ever enjoyed a sweet, spicy, and crispy gingerbread cookie? Do you love rolling, cutting, and decorating scores of sugar cookies during the holidays? Have you ever wondered why cookies are such a big part of the winter holiday food tradition? Well my friends, in honor of the International Sugar Art…
Taste of Home and a Brand NEW Product!
International Sugar Art Collection Field Trip! Last Thursday, Scott, Gretchen, Molly, and I got to go on a fun little field trip! We took part in the Taste of Home Cooking School event in Atlanta. Taste of Home is a cooking and lifestyle magazine, and they host cooking school recipe demonstrations all over the country….
Royal Icing is my HERO!
I was reading over all of the blogs I have written for ISAC so far, and brainstorming about what I should share with everyone this week. One of my favorites was Fondant- This is your Life. I thought it was fun and informative. While researching that blog, I came across some really interesting facts about…
Hello 2015!
Nicholas Lodge’s 2015 Class Schedule Last week, at the end of my blog, I casually mentioned our new 2015 class schedule was available on our website. Let’s talk about that, shall we? Right off the bat- can find our entire class schedule by clicking here (this include the rest of this years classes as well). You may…
Nicholas Lodge Gumpaste, Revisited
Nicholas Lodge’s Gumpaste- Even Easier! Way back in July I wrote a blog sharing Chef Nicholas’ world famous recipe for Tylose Gumpaste (you can read that post by clicking here). That particular post got an enormous amount of positive feedback across social media! Well, what if I told you I had great news about Chef…
Sweet Tricks and Cake Tips- Organization!
Cake Organization at its Sweetest! If you have taken a class with Chef Nicholas, in person or on Craftsy, then you know how well organized he is while teaching and that he keeps a very well organized classroom. In classes, student workspaces neatly include all the tools needed for each particular class. This is a helpful…