After the very moving ‘Vietnam experience’ in March 2011,  I once again found I had the travel bug.. and this time just to balance the scales it was off to Gay Paris- Ooh la la!!!

Paris is all about Food, Love and Life and every thing in between. The only way to embrace the city of love is to sample it one mouthful at a time ! French classes are optional as most people in Paris speak English and although they appreciate you are trying hard to speak their language… they will nearly always answer you in English- no need to worry about French classes even though I did anyway - I wasn’t there to speak French I was there to COOK !!

I took classes in both private homes and cooking schools, with the Pièce de résistance being the famous Le Cordon Bleu cooking school

http://www.cordonbleu.edu/lcb-paris/

C'est moi and Chef Frederic Lesourd

One of the most popular cooking schools for tourists is Cook’n with Class in nostalgic Montmartre- All chef’s here speak English and the classes are designed for all levels.

http://www.cooknwithclass.com/challenging

If you do nothing else, take the French Baking class where you make croissants from scratch or for something more challenging try the Molecular Gastronomy class.

There is nothing like freshly baked pastries

If you are planning a trip to one of the world’s most delicious cities check out our friends website for some hot tips on things to do whilst you are there…

http://www.greetingsfromtheamericangirl.com/

à bientôt