Bread Baking Classes
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Bread Baking Classes
My husband has become obsessed with baking rustic artisan bread. We will be vacationing in Provence during June 08. Are there any one day bread baking classes to be found?
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Why don't you email this company:
http://www.artandcookingclassesinfra...ce_Page542.htm
and tell them what you are looking for. They may give customized classes or can point you in another direction.
http://www.artandcookingclassesinfra...ce_Page542.htm
and tell them what you are looking for. They may give customized classes or can point you in another direction.
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Hi Pam only to tell him that I understand him very well
for the first time in my life some years ago I started
baking a few breads here and there and it was a very
relaxing and fascinating experience.
for the first time in my life some years ago I started
baking a few breads here and there and it was a very
relaxing and fascinating experience.
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Hi P,
Instead of attending a 1-day class (which won't do him much good), get Bernard Clayton's "New Complete Book of Breads".
It has directions for building using your own outdoor, adobe baker's oven.
That's the secret to artisanal bread.
Instead of attending a 1-day class (which won't do him much good), get Bernard Clayton's "New Complete Book of Breads".
It has directions for building using your own outdoor, adobe baker's oven.
That's the secret to artisanal bread.
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If you are ever up in my neck of the woods (alas - not nearly as pretty as Provence!) I teach artisan bread baking classes. Not as atmospheric here but still lots of fun!
If I find info on classes in Provence I will post it. That would be delightful!
If I find info on classes in Provence I will post it. That would be delightful!
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Well, it's not Provence, but maybe one of these locations would fit the bill?
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/bakin...nstration.html
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/bakin...nstration.html
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Thank-you all. I have come to the conclusion that you can go and spend a week at a cooking school or just enjoy the breads at the local bakery. He is a card carring member of King Arthur flour club and has memorized the Bakers Apprentice. So maybe we can befriend a "baker" while we are there and learn somemore.
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Here is some information - hopefully it will be helpful. These locations are in Provence (info taken from francetourism.com) :
"Provence - Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence Areas, Southeastern France
Hostellerie Bérard
83740 La Cadière d’Azur - Tel: 04-94-50-55-50 Fax: 04-94-50-55-51
The three-star Hostellerie Bérard is an ensemble of buildings from an 11th-centry convent.
Hotel de la Mirande
Atelier de Cuisine 4, place de la Mirande 84000 Avignon
Tel: 04-90-85-93-93 Fax: 04-90-86-26-85
Well-respected chefs from the region teach hands-on cooking classes in the fully restored 19th-century kitchen complete with wood-burning cast-iron oven.
Jardin de la Tour Restaurant
9, rue de la Tour 84000 Avignon
Tel: 04-90-85-66-50 Fax: 04-90-82-94-49
Information: Jean-Marc Larrue
Olga Manguin
L'Anastasie - Ile de la Barthelasse 84000 Avignon
Tel: 04-90-85-55-94 Fax: 04-90-82-94-49
Olga Manguin ran a restaurant in Avignon for 20 years. Today she gives cooking lessons at her bed and breakfast in a restored farmhouse with four rooms, garden, and swimming pool."
"Provence - Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence Areas, Southeastern France
Hostellerie Bérard
83740 La Cadière d’Azur - Tel: 04-94-50-55-50 Fax: 04-94-50-55-51
The three-star Hostellerie Bérard is an ensemble of buildings from an 11th-centry convent.
Hotel de la Mirande
Atelier de Cuisine 4, place de la Mirande 84000 Avignon
Tel: 04-90-85-93-93 Fax: 04-90-86-26-85
Well-respected chefs from the region teach hands-on cooking classes in the fully restored 19th-century kitchen complete with wood-burning cast-iron oven.
Jardin de la Tour Restaurant
9, rue de la Tour 84000 Avignon
Tel: 04-90-85-66-50 Fax: 04-90-82-94-49
Information: Jean-Marc Larrue
Olga Manguin
L'Anastasie - Ile de la Barthelasse 84000 Avignon
Tel: 04-90-85-55-94 Fax: 04-90-82-94-49
Olga Manguin ran a restaurant in Avignon for 20 years. Today she gives cooking lessons at her bed and breakfast in a restored farmhouse with four rooms, garden, and swimming pool."
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This sounds more rustic and artisinal -
http://www.numericworld.ch/heartofpr...op_cooking.htm
http://www.hub-uk.com/cooking-holidays/france.htm
http://www.numericworld.ch/heartofpr...op_cooking.htm
http://www.hub-uk.com/cooking-holidays/france.htm
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Probably no good (Paris) but...
www.frenchculinary.com/courses_cc_pb.htm
Or..
www.bastide-adrech.com/act2.htm
www.frenchculinary.com/courses_cc_pb.htm
Or..
www.bastide-adrech.com/act2.htm
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The Musee de la Boulangerie in Bonnieux (in the Luberon) is very interesting and in a beautiful building. There is a supplemental handout for non-French speakers. If your husband is interested in the history of bread-baking, this might be a place to visit. Just across the street is famous boulangerie of Henri Tomas.
Pammyjo, did you post the same question on Slow Travel also? There were some responses for you there too.
Kathy
Pammyjo, did you post the same question on Slow Travel also? There were some responses for you there too.
Kathy
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This bastide in the Parc du Luberon occasionally offers a bread baking class:
http://www.bastide-adrech.com/act1.htm
http://www.bastide-adrech.com/act1.htm
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Oh,yes he is a baking maniac. He baked a loaf of bread for Christmas and my daughter-in-law had to run home and use her own oven for the gruyere scalloped potatos. He was not messing with his timing and oven temperture. Mind you my daughter-in-law is a certified chef and it made great conversation at the dinner table. Yes, he cleans up after himself. We are planning a kitchen remodel and his bread baking is playing a big part in our decisions. I just don't want it to impact my traveling budget.
Oh,yes he is a baking maniac. He baked a loaf of bread for Christmas and my daughter-in-law had to run home and use her own oven for the gruyere scalloped potatos. He was not messing with his timing and oven temperture. Mind you my daughter-in-law is a certified chef and it made great conversation at the dinner table. Yes, he cleans up after himself. We are planning a kitchen remodel and his bread baking is playing a big part in our decisions. I just don't want it to impact my traveling budget.