French cooking class

A very special experience with Samira Hradsky, an international culinary personality, who will take you to a wonderful, neighborhood market that is a ten minute walk from her apartment, where you will select some of the items you will use in your cooking class, and then instruct you in English on the details of French cuisine.

While primarily self-taught, Samira has attended classes at the Cordon Bleu, as well as other culinary schools. Now, having returned to Paris, her primary focus is, of course, on French cuisine, although she still continues to offer classes in other specialties as well. In this cooking class with chef Samira Hradsky, participants will have the opportunity to understand and appreciate France's regional flavors.

This class is organized around the different tastes found in France's thirteen regions. Samira will provide a brief description of each of these thirteen regions from north to south, and names of dishes, in both English and French for which each region is famous. Making a perfect sauce is of great importance to the French. They believe that it is the sauce that makes the meal. There is a saying in France that says "tout est dans la sauce", meaning that everything is in the sauce. Samira will share with clients her secrets for making the perfect sauce.

Sample dishes of this class may include the following, and many more:

• Provencal country bread
• Soupe de Champignon
• Smoked Salmon Mousse
• Lamb Provencal
• Le Far du Poitou (Poitou Vegetable Terrine with Tomato Cream Sauce)
• Salade aux Lentilles et au Céleri-rave (Lentil Salad with Celery Roots)
• Boeuf Bourguignon
• Coq au Vin
• Fruits de mer à l'Armoricaine (Armorica Sea Food Stew)
• Porc à la Normande (Pork Normandy Style)
• Cassoulet
• Axoa d'Espelette (Veal and Red Pepper Stew)
• Tarte Tatin
• Profiteroles au Chocolate
• Gâteau Grenoblois (Caramel Walnut Cake)
• Tarte au Citron (lemon tart)
• Madeleines
• Chocolate mousse