Cooking with the Professor

“Cooking with the Professor” brings together UCI faculty and students for an evening of conversation, cooking, and good food in the ARC Test Kitchen. For each event, a fun and easy recipe is developed that reflect the research interests, cultural background, or cooking passions of a featured faculty member.

Chopped Virtual Cooking Challenge

Do you like being creative and want to challenge your cooking skills by using 4 mystery ingredients?  Join ISEP and UCI Illuminations for Chopped cooking challenge!  These special events are open to UCI faculty, staff, and students.  We look forward to seeing your creations. 

Winter 2021 Episodes:

Episode 1: Panettone vs. Pandoro - Professor Annalisa Coliva (UCI) and Marco Panza (Chapman) Cooking Contest - Panettone vs. Pandoro

Episode 2: Tortellini - Professor Annalisa Coliva presents you with a classic dish of Italian cuisine: Tortellini! Served with broth, they are the perfect dish for a winter meal.

Epsidoe 3: Risotto - Professor Marco Panza (Chapman University) invites you to taste a classic of Italian cuisine: risotto!

Episode 4: Simple German Meal - Professor Peter Krapp (Film and Media Studies, UCI) invites you to share two of his favorite German dishes - the onion tart and the kale pork.

Episode 5: Triple Orange Cake -  Professor Lyle Massey invites you to taste this delicious "Triple Orange Cake" - the perfect recipe for the Winter harvest of OC's citrus.

Preview Spring 2019, Summer 2019, and Fall 2020 episodes:

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