The Cooking School in Paris founded by world-class chef Alain Ducasse caters to wannabe chefs of any level of experience (including none) in the belief that gourmet cooking techniques can be understood and mastered by just about anyone. Test this theory in a hands-on introduction to French cooking at the École de
Cuisine, where you’ll design a course centered on basic sauces (like Beurre Blanc, Bernaise, and Pesto) and recipes of meat, vegetables and fish. Bon appetit!
Au Chocolat! The French are passionate about chocolate, and their tastes for chocolate are as discriminating as their taste for wine. Explore this sweet obsession in all its wonderful, sensuous forms during a private workshop and lecture in Paris, where you’ll learn about the honored place of chocolate in French history and culture... as a digestive, restorative, aphrodisiac, object of desire, and of course, dessert. In a city where master chocolatiers are artistes, consumers are connoisseurs, and there is an official academy of candy-making, chocolate is serious business and serious tasting is (definitely) required!
To Market, To Market Called a “temple of French gastronomy,” the great indoor food market in Lyon (Les Halles) is where top local chefs – and just plain folks – go for their fresh meat and produce (the best of the best in the region), immersing themselves in a vast aromatic cornucopia of sausages (a Lyonnaise staple), breads, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, fine chocolates, fish, oysters, escargots, desserts, and locally produced wines. Learn about the importance of fresh, local ingredients to local cuisine, meet some of the many food merchants and artisans and sample their wares on a guided tasting excursion through this colorful epicurean paradise in the heart of France’s culinary capital.
voyage at a Glance 7 Cruise nights
Paris
SWITZERLAND FRANCE
Vienne Lyon
Tain-l’Hermitage Tournon
Pont du Gard Viviers
Valence
Valaurie Avignon
Roussillon Arles MEDITERRANEAN SEA Day Destination
1 Arrive Paris, Hilton Arc de Triomphe Paris 2 Paris
3 TGV to Lyon / Embark Lyon 4 Lyon 5 Vienne 6 Avignon / Pont du Gard 7 Roussillon / Arles 8 Viviers 9 Tournon-sur-Rhône / Valence / Tain l’Hermitage 10 Depart Lyon
6. A TASTE OF SOUTHERN FRANCE In the 1300s, the walled city of Avignon served as headquarters for several popes who cultivated the local appreciation for good food and wine (Châteauneuf-du-Pape). Get a taste of regional cuisine today at the city’s covered produce market (Les Halles) where local chefs will join you on a shopping excursion of locally produced food and wine and demonstrate their specialties for your delectation. Enjoy lunch on Ile de Piot, an island in the Rhône covered with vineyards, vegetable gardens and orchards, followed by free time in Avignon. Visit the Pont du Gard, an astonishing Roman aqueduct 160 feet high with three sets of arches spanning the River Gardon that once carried millions of gallons of water a day to the city of Nîmes. Then join us for a festive Provençal-style dinner featuring regional wines, cuisine and entertainment set against the backdrop of this ancient engineering marvel. Meals BLD
7. PICTURE-PERFECT IN ROUSSILLON & ARLES Travel to Roussillon in the Luberon region of Provence. Sitting in the middle of one of the world’s largest deposits of ochre, Roussillon is surrounded by richly colored cliffs and quarries which blaze against the azure Provençal sky. Nearby is Abbaye de Sénanque, whose austere Romanesque abbey church has stood
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