Le Cordon Bleu

I am dying to go back to Paris.  I want to take more courses at Le Cordon Bleu.  In 2006, we took one demonstration class- The Market Tour.  A chef and interpreter haul you around Paris, to farmer's markets, and other highlights like Poilane bakery, Le Bon Marche, and other stores I can't remember right now.

  We bought lots of delicious local produce, meats, and cheeses, and the chef served it all to us for lunch, while telling us the provenance of what we were eating.  The fresh, local butter pictured below was so unbelievably flavourful I can't even describe it.  When you come home and have butter from Loblaw's,  your taste buds want to cry.

Then, the class began.  We took notes and asked questions, and the chef made something simple- cod with a butter sauce of some kind, potatoes, and a dessert that was flambéed, (naturellement), and of course made it all look Tres Français.  It's only November and I've got Cabin Fever here in boring Toronto.  It's gonna be a long winter...