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<\/a><\/p>\nwith him. Afer my purchase we headed over to rue Montigueil for lunch at Point du Saint Eustache Pats had and omelet and I We had two Pastry Chefs, Chef Diane and Chef G, Guiemette<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0trained as a chef but then chose pastry because it was far less work and shorter hours in the kitchen, at least in a french kitchen. I took my Macroon class from Guiemette in March 2012.<\/p>\n So you take a cooking class in Paris and 4 of the students are from Maryland and one a<\/p>\n young woman from New York now living in Paris. Small world!<\/p>\n We had two pastry chef teaching the class where were learned<\/p>\n to make brioche and baba au rhum. We also made pralines and brioche<\/p>\n roses, brioche la tete, filled brioche, and brioche in the shape of a fish. \u00c2\u00a0The class was interesting and helpful and I learned a few new trick for making brioche and I think I may have solved the problem with mine at home. \u00c2\u00a0I learned a new technique to hurry the rising process by using a poolish so this may also help when time is important.<\/p>\n On the way out I ran in to Jane,\u00c2\u00a0Jane Bertch and her French husband Olivier Pugliesi-Conti actually are the owners of La Cuisine Paris and immigrated her from Chicago to start the school. \u00c2\u00a0Jane and Olivier worked in corporate banking and management consulting, respectively. Both avid foodies, the couple decided to make a jump and create a cooking school catering to English and French speakers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the class I met up with Pat at Martin and Paul’s apartment. \u00c2\u00a0We had a glass of wine and the had dinner at a local Italian restaurant on rue Turenne. Ristorante Caruso<\/a>. I had the Gnocchi Leonardo and Pat had the Penne Arrabiata which<\/p>\n remix us both of this funny cartoon called the Death Star Cafe<\/a> that we have included a link to for your amusement.<\/p>\n Oh no! \u00a0We woke to another day without water as the sewer problem continues here in the building. When we left the plumbers were snaking something in the court yard. We were headed for E. Dehillerin so I could get … Continue reading <\/a>had a salad with hot goat cheese and we order a carafe of Ros\u00e9 from Provence. We enjoyed our lunch and then headed for rue de Rivoli for some shoe shopping, after a bit I left Pat to continue shopping and headed over to La Cuisine Paris for my Brioche cooking class.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"