Cooking Class: To Market, to Market and Home Again

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French food has a legendary status around the world. Made more accessible by Julia Child and then other foreigners, home chefs can now employ the secrets of French cuisine. Gaining these insights directly in Paris is certainly advantageous. Our market tour and cooking class, led by a seasoned chef and cookbook writer, helps reveal this exceptional world, allowing visitors to be a French chef for the day.

We will start our culinary experience at one of the Paris's nicest smaller markets, where locals do their shopping. As we tour the stalls, we will discover seasonal products, food provenance as well as discuss French culinary philosophies and habits. Along the way, we'll certainly fill our baskets with all the necessary ingredients for our lunch.

We will then travel back to our chef's apartment where our class will take place. This offers a nice perspective on how Parisians live. Our lunch will consist of a three course meal, accompanied with cheese, bread and wine. The recipes will va

French food has a legendary status around the world. Made more accessible by Julia Child and then other foreigners, home chefs can now employ the secrets of French cuisine. Gaining these insights directly in Paris is certainly advantageous. Our market tour and cooking class, led by a seasoned chef and cookbook writer, helps reveal this exceptional world, allowing visitors to be a French chef for the day.

We will start our culinary experience at one of the Paris's nicest smaller markets, where locals do their shopping. As we tour the stalls, we will discover seasonal products, food provenance as well as discuss French culinary philosophies and habits. Along the way, we'll certainly fill our baskets with all the necessary ingredients for our lunch.

We will then travel back to our chef's apartment where our class will take place. This offers a nice perspective on how Parisians live. Our lunch will consist of a three course meal, accompanied with cheese, bread and wine. The recipes will vary depending on the season but a sample menu could include crispy duck served with seasonal vegetables, salad, and to die for Paradis chocolate cake.

Once we've finished preparing our recipes, we will sit down to enjoy our culinary creations and bring our class to a close casually discussing other gastronomic or social topics over our meal.

Please note any food allergies or intolerances in the Travel Notes box. We can work around restrictions (no gluten, no dairy, vegetarian, no seafood, etc), especially if notified in advance.