Paris Cooking School

While in Paris my Mom and I attended a cooking class/walking tour that was awesome. It was a little on the pricey side but it was a great experience and who knows when we will get this opportunity again. Before attending class we had to fill out a survery about our cooking knowledge, which was comical in itself. I answered "nothing" for all my answers and just talked up my mom's culinary skills in her answers.

The day began at a local butcher shop where we bought our meat:


Next we walked up and down her local area visiting all the shops. In Paris you don't just go to the grocery store, you go to each individual store seperatly for the most part. There are few little quick marts but of course you will have to pay premium. This sounds exciting as a visitor but my friend Jen tells me this can be a beating with two small kids.

We then headed back to her kitchen to start COOKING!


On the menu for the day was the following:
Foi Gras Poele Aux Pommes
Souffle Aux 3 Fromages
Blanquette De Veau Vert
Tarte Aux Poires Creme D' Amandes




Everything was yummy but doubt I would make any of it again except for the tarte. The way she did the meat was good I would probably just try different veggies with it!

After we finished eating we set off on a walking tour that any foodie would enjoy. We hit all the places we had been wanting to see in Paris. We started at a famous spice shop Goumanyat, then to Stohrer the oldest pasty shop in Paris, next was E. Dehillerin a Paris Crate and Barrel recently featured on Barefoot Contessa, and ended up at a famous bread store Poilane.

It was a great day and learned a few valuable lessons. Don't buy so much when you have to walk 2 miles home. When buying pastries you might need to think how long you will have to carry them, I ended up pitching the few I had bought because they got destroyed walking for several hours.

Look at all our pictures from cooking school here.