UAA Culinary Arts

10/17/2026

Happy National Pasta Day! This past May, Chef Noah Miller, trained in fresh and dried pasta with .it, the Italian pasta machine maker just outside Milan. Swipe for tagliatelle, rigatoni and trays of pasta drying on the racks. Grazie, Aldo Cozzi!

10/16/2026

Typical Day at UAA Culinary Arts

10 am: We make granola. Lots and lots of granola.
11 am: The students are learning how to make eggs, so we each eat 10 eggs - scrambled, over medium, sunny side up, with cheese. One student feels ambitious and decides to make hollandaise for Eggs Benny. Another student makes berry-filled crepes and another one decides to haul out our ancient waffle maker and crank out some chocolate chip waffles.
Noon: Several students go foraging with Chef Luke on the university grounds to gather sea buckthorn berries that are growing by the library. Chef will use his berries for vinegar and some will get put into ice cubes for specialty drinks.
1 pm: There is a cookie competition! The bakery students have four hours to create a cookie and all of its components and the results are spectacular! I am regretting eating my sixth egg as I stare at my plate full of cookies.
2 pm: We clean up and roll ourselves to our next classes.

10/14/2026

10/09/2026

We had the privilege of hosting our CCI Auction Dinner winner and her friends recently. Thank you to Gretchen Cuddy for her ongoing and generous support of our program!

Our student volunteers helped to create an amazing menu featuring king crab and caviar, wagyu steak and potato pave, and an incredible dessert of brioche donut, rhubarb jam, and coffee ice cream.

And now it’s your turn! The advanced students will be meeting next week to determine this semester’s Lucy’s menu. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 13th at 2:30 pm to make your online reservations at Resy.com. If you find that reservations have filled, don’t despair: simply hit the “Notify” button as it will alert you when cancellations occur (which is often!). See you soon!

10/08/2026

People always ask what I eat as a chef and a culinary professor. They usually assume I’m having wagyu steaks or halibut en papillote. I mean, I do get some of that, but chef meal is usually a student bringing me fried oysters at 10 am, or a single scallop, or ceviche (it’s seafood week!). There’s also the leftover spoonfuls of caviar (yum!), a plethora of beverages, bagels and bagel dogs from Wooden Spoons Alaska that get paired with a buttered sage pasta dish. I never know what I’m going to eat but I know I’m going to love it. At least I’m not eating my food over a sink anymore. 💪🏽😂 What’s your favorite strange chef meal?

10/07/2026

Hello Bakery Cart supporters! There will be a private event in Cuddy Hall on Friday (our last day!) so we kindly ask that you access the Cart through our side door. You may use the regular doors tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding!

10/06/2026

It’s always sad to announce the last week of Bakery Cart (I love having croissants and cookies literally two steps from my office doorway) but that just means the beginning students are moving into their advanced classes. Lucy’s will be open to the public on Thursday, October 29th.

RESERVATIONS WILL OPEN ONLINE on Resy.com on Tuesday, October 13th, at 2:30 pm.

Come join us Thursday and Friday for the Bakery Cart’s last hurrah! And thank you for all of the support you’ve already shown us this semester. 🍰🍪🍩🧁🥯🍞🥨🥐🥖🎂🥙🥪👩🏽‍🍳🥗🍲🥧🍫

10/04/2026

It was celebration day in Intro to Malaysian Cuisine; we made black pepper crab, Malaysian fried chicken (with curry leaves and lemongrass and ginger!), prawn laksa curry, beef rendang, egg tarts, fried rice, and mango with sticky rice. Everything was fragrant and crazy flavorful and a portal to a warmer, sunnier world. We are offering a Sauces of Southeast Asia 490 in the spring if you want more of this tropical vibe.

09/29/2026

Big Thank You! to UAA culinary arts alum Tasha (now an event coordinator) and Chef Geoff for giving us a behind the scenes look at everything Dena’ina Convention Center has to offer. The students were fascinated by the logistics and processes involved in planning for and feeding thousands of people at the same time. We are grateful for industry professionals taking time out of their busy days to help educate our students. Do you have a cool job? Are you interested in sharing it with our students? Send us a message!

09/24/2026

On the bakery cart today! Order at uaaculinaryartsmobilebytes.com or come see us in person at Cuddy Hall between 11 am to noon.