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Culinary Institute of America (September 2009)

The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is an award winning school located in Hyde Park, New York. Frances Roth and Katharine Angell founded it in 1946 as the New Haven Restaurant Institute in Connecticut. In 1970, it moved to a former Jesuit seminary in Hyde Park, New York. CIA has branch campuses in St. Helena, California, and San Antonio, Texas. For visitors, the Culinary Institute of America has 5 excellent restaurants located on its Hyde Park campus, operated by the students. They include: American Bounty Restaurant serving regional dishes from the Hudson Valley of New York, Escoffier Restaurant serving classical French cuisine, Ristorante Caterina de Medici, serving authentic Italian cuisine, St. Andrew's Café, which is a casual restaurant serving a contemporary menu and Apple Pie Bakery Café serving sandwiches, soups, lunch entrées, and delicious, home-made bakery items, including desserts. I went to the Apple Pie Bakery Café, since a local magazine had rated it as “the best place to have lunch in the Hudson Valley." I concur with that opinion, and if I were in charge of grading the students running it, they would get an A+!
Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, NY cover page.
Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, NY cover page.		 Map of Hyde Park, NY where the Culinary Institute of America is located.
Map of Hyde Park, NY where the Culinary Institute of America is located.		 I entered the Culinary Institute of America from this parking lot.
I entered the Culinary Institute of America from this parking lot.		 One of the first things that I noticed were these students walking with their chef's hats on.
One of the first things that I noticed were these students walking with their chef's hats on.
CIA is a great school; it has the world's largest staff of American Culinary Federation Certified Master Chefs.
CIA is a great school; it has the world's largest staff of American Culinary Federation Certified Master Chefs.		 View of Anton Plaza and the imposing structure of Roth Hall.
View of Anton Plaza and the imposing structure of Roth Hall.		 Beautiful entrance door of Roth Hall.
Beautiful entrance door of Roth Hall.		 View of the lamps and stained glass design over the door.
View of the lamps and stained glass design over the door.
Close-up of the stained glass that was reflecting a purple tint.
Close-up of the stained glass that was reflecting a purple tint.		 I went to CIA so that I could eat at the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe, the most affordable of the many student-run restaurants there.
I went to CIA so that I could eat at the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe, the most affordable of the many student-run restaurants there.		 Sign with apples at the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe. The student staff there was very professional. It's great experience for them!
Sign with apples at the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe. The student staff there was very professional. It's great experience for them!		 Interior courtyard at Roth Hall with a cobblestones and a fountain.
Interior courtyard at Roth Hall with a cobblestones and a fountain.
After a great meal at the Culinary Institute of America, I admired the fountains spewing at Roth Hall at dusk.
After a great meal at the Culinary Institute of America, I admired the fountains spewing at Roth Hall at dusk.

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