Caffeine Required

By MARY ANDOM

We know New York is the city that never sleeps, but this is ridiculous: Between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m., four days a week, 15 aspiring chefs at the Culinary Institute of America frantically prepare a gourmet breakfast for 150 of their fellow students.

In "Breakfast Cookery", students learn how to organize a smooth work flow, make the perfect cup of coffee,...