Summer is fading and now is the perfect time for a trip to Paris.  A culinary trip to Paris – that is!

To get in the mood for cooking classes in Paris, I have just re-visited the delightful movie “Julia & Julia“.  (Julia Child’s story of her start in the French cooking profession – intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s first book:  “Mastering the Art of French Cooking“.

Every Tuesday evening at 08:00pm you can learn to cook French dinner – not with Julia Child, but with Countess Rosabelle in her Paris home at 48, rue des Martyrs 75009 Code 34B57 – Rosabelle Tarnowska 2nd Floor.

Born in 1960 on an Alberta ranch, near Calgary, Countess Rosabelle left Canada with her parents -East European aristocrats-at the age of 11, first to North Africa, then to the wonderfully hospitable South-West of France. She became a student in Paris and with a degree in English Literature and Art History, she worked for almost twenty years in the art business before completely changing her professional activity to teaching her “Introduction to French cooking” courses.

Taking a cooking class with Rosabelle in her home is a very relaxing and personal experience.

The cooking class is limited to a group of four people which ensures everyone has the chance to interact with the English-speaking cook.

You will learn to prepare a three course sample menu consisting of:

Souffle aux trois fromages
Poulet a l’estragon
Tarte au chocolat noir

Each participant is handed a copy of all the recipes in English, which are read, then explained either in English, French or both with special attention given to the culinary vocabulary.

Everybody takes an active part in the making of all the recipes (peeling, chopping, stirring, tasting, etc).

Preparation and cooking are done in Rosabelle’s kitchen; meals are served in the dining-room and last between 45 minutes and an hour.

While enjoying a quick cup of coffee or herbal tea in the sitting room, you can gather the recipes that have been annotated, add a cover-sheet with the “menu of the day” and bind them with a piece of ribbon.

Voila! Bon Appétit.

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