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Students in the Ventura Foods Center

Students in the Ventura Foods Center

Welcome

The Department of Menu R&D at the CIA is a center for education and applied research, established to support the food service industry, educators, and students in the field of Culinary Arts and Sciences.

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What is Menu R&D?

Menu R&D is a collaborative discipline where culinary arts, consumer behavior, food science, and management converge to foster evidence based product development solutions.

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Featured Faculty

Chef Shirley Cheng, M.S.

Chef Cheng is a Professor of Culinary Arts at the CIA's Hyde Park campus, where she teaches the cuisines of Asia. Her research program is focused on the sensory properties and consumer acceptance of Huajiao (Sichuan peppercorn).

News

Feeling flavors and textural contrast in food

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Recipe for a successful composting program at The CIA's Greystone campus: collaboration + student ingenuity + community outreach

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The CIA's Department of Menu R&D Newsletter: March 2009 Issue

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Continuing Education Online

MenuMasters Online Courses

Our online courses prepare the busy professional for the new foodservice frontier: Menu R&D.

Student research team with Chef DaFonseca in the Williams Center for Flavor Discovery

Student research team with Chef DaFonseca in the Williams Center for Flavor Discovery