She uses the ASL sign for small, a bit she picked up since she also, by coincidence, has slight hearing loss. Escobar dices the onions smaller and stops for a moment to wipe her eyes when they begin ...

Sitting in the corner of a busy Starbucks, chef Jeffrey Perri explained that he wants to open a Culinary Academy for the Deaf in Carroll County because he has always wanted to become an educator. “I ...

Some American Sign Language students in West Islip learned about cooking and overcoming obstacles Thursday. The students were being instructed by "deaf chef" Alan Abrams. For the past 20 years, Abrams ...

Amid the hustle and bustle of the kitchen at Marcel's, a fine dining restaurant in Washington, D.C., one member of the staff is immune to the noise. It's David Uzzell, the 28-year-old saucier ...