The association based in Miam Miam Aulas off Montpellier and Nimes 50 weeks per year organizes cooking classes and cooking classes on spices Cooking school in South of France on herbs and spice. Learn how to use 80 herbs and spices, spice by spice, and how to cook healthy tasty recipes with spices. A gourmet gift idea, a unique gift idea for a christmas gift or an anniversary gift.
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cooking lesson hands on
preparing the spices
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a nice team cooking a spicy thai food
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an american student on spices
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wines form the Languedoc region
a culinary workshop on spices
inside my house in Aulas with a journalist
MIAM MIAM IN THE CEVENNES my house
the kitchen from the XII th century
come with your family it is more fun
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samples of spices
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Bouzigues where you will eat seafood
Mont Aigoual near aulas
YUM-YUM (Miam-Miam)
from Marco Polo to Ali Baba : the discovery of 80 herbs and spices.
In France, home of romance and good food,
we say that spices are to cooking
what make-up is to women!
Combine the discovery of Cevennes (south of France, near Montpellier), with a culinary workshop
on how to use 40 spices in your everyday light recipes.
This unforgettable gourmet gift will change forever the way you cook... herbs and spices!
In addition, you'll learn about French wines form the Languedoc region.
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Your friends will be thoroughly impressed when you show them how to use these spices.
There won't be much talking : you'll touch, you'll smell, you'll taste, you'll use the spices ... and then you'll eat the result !
Most recipes take less than 15 minutes to prepare !
- IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THE AREA :
the course is based on spices only, and cooking classes are held in Aulas, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Saturdays afternoons, in a beautiful 17th century family house. Classes are followed by gourmet dinner in the house gardens.
- IF YOU AREN'T IN THE AREA :
cooking classes start on Thursdays evenings, at 7:00 PM and end at 6:00 PM on Sundays afternoons.
The training combines discovering yhe region (nice walks, shopping for spices in nearby Montpellier, tasting fine wines from the Languedoc region, discovering the famous bouillabaisse near Bouzigues) with learning how to use 40 spices in your every day light recipes.
We can arrange to pick you up at the train station in Montpellier (a 3 and a half -hour TGV ride from Paris). Also, we can arrange for accommodation in beautiful guest-houses such as Chateau de Mareilles.
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SHORT HALF-DAY SESSIONS ON SATURDAYS AFTERNOONS :
The session will be conducted in 4 stages, ending with gourmet dinner, so that you can actually savor the fruit of your labor.
- 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm :
introduction to spices : how to choose them ? where to buy them ? How to store them ?
- 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm :
culinary class : how to transform simple food such as salad, potatoes and rice in gourmet food by using spices ? Once you learn how to cook simple everyday food, you'll become an expert with real recipes ! And you'll actually prepare a few for dinner.
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm :
questions & answers session : ask me how to improve 3 dishes you cook on a regular basis barbecue, soup, pasta, vegetables.
7:00 pm to 10:30 pm
culinary class : we prepare dinner.
Your husband (or wife) is welcome to join us at 8 pm if he or she didn't attend the session (dinner is optional).
Your husband (or wife) is welcome to join us at 8 pm if he or she didn't attend the session (dinner is optional).
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PRICE
Accomodation in guest-homes in the Aulas Vicinity
Short introduction session on Saturday Afternoon
130 euros per person, including dinner and drinks
Expert Course (3-day Magellan course) :
500 euros per person, including meals drinks and accommodation. 260 euros for your spouse . Bouillabaisse or sea food dinner and visits are extra (80 euros per person)
Transportation for local sight seeing : 80 euros ses previous paragraph
The Spouse Fee allows class's attendance or joining in for meals and visits.
The Spouse Fee allows class's attendance or joining in for meals and visits.
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Upon request discovery of the wines of the Languedoc region (very good and affordable, under 10 euros a bottle).
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We can also arrange for sightseeing in the vicinity or for visits in antiques shops (auctions sometimes).
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A minimum of 6 persons is required for culinary classes
to be conducted in English.
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Come with your friends, it will be more fun !
Directions to Aulas
By TGV (High Speed Train) : Montpellier is a 3 and a half-hour ride from Paris.
By Plane : Choose the Montpellier airport.
Uppon arrival in Montpellier, take either a cab or rent a car. We can alsa arrange for group pick-ups.
By Plane : Choose the Montpellier airport.
Uppon arrival in Montpellier, take either a cab or rent a car. We can alsa arrange for group pick-ups.
By car : Aulas is close to Le Vigan, Nimes, Montpellier and Millau.
If you are driving from Paris, take the Central France Highway (Clermont-Ferrand).
If You are already in the South of France, take the Nimes West exit or come from Montpellier.
If you are driving from Paris, take the Central France Highway (Clermont-Ferrand).
If You are already in the South of France, take the Nimes West exit or come from Montpellier.
Additional info and press cuts on spices
and miam miam cookery courses
Embark on an exciting journey of discovery into the world of spices
Cookery course program on herbs and spice in South of France near Montpellier
Cooking with spices is tasty and healthy
Once Upon A Time : a Spicy Weekend in a Sixteenth Century House in the South of France
40 spices, a culinary workshop on spices in South of France, near Montpellier, Yum Yum in a sixteenth century house (press kits for journalists)
VARIOUS HERBS SPICES AND FLAVORS DISCOVERED AND WORKED DURING
THESE COOKING CLASSES
From Marco Polo to Ali Baba: the discovery of 40 spices
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HOW DO YOU GIVE SOMEONE A SPICE COOKING COURSE?
FAQ: HOW THE MARCO POLO AND ALI BABA SPICE COURSES ARE ORGANISED ?
MIAM MIAM IN THE CEVENNES : DISCOVER THE HUB OF THE FOODIE WORLD
MIAM MIAM'S HEALTHY RECIPES WITH SPICES
THE PRESENT FOR HIM THE POST MODERN-MAN, A WEEK END WITH MIAM MIAM TO BITE HIM INTO SOME SPICES
OF RICE AND MEN : HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE PLANET EATS RICE WITH SPICES... AND IT'S DELICIOUS
PASTA... IS DELICIOUS WITH THE AID OF SPICES !
HOW DO YOU TURN A SPICE COOKING COURSE INTO A CHRISTMAS PRESENT?
FROM TABLE TO BED : A VALENTINE'S GIFT IDEA A ROMANTIC GIFT FOR MAN FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
FLAVOURS, HEALTH, COST: WITH MIAM MIAM EAT BETTER FOR LESS
culinary class in the garden
the cooking lesson on channel 6
the garden in spring
the garden in autumn
FROM TABLE TO BED : A VALENTINE'S GIFT IDEA
MIAM MIAM'S HEALTHY RECIPES WITH SPICES
40 spices, a culinary workshop on spices in South of France, near Montpellier, Yum Yum
my spices on channel 1
grinding the spices
Embark on an exciting journey of discovery into the world of spices
the spices for the course
the kitchen where you will cook the spices
discovering the world of spices
THE PRESENT FOR HIM THE POST MODERN-MAN
a culinary workshop on spices in South of France, in Cevennes
the cooking lesson
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a culinary workshop on spices in South of France, near Montpellier, Yum Yum
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