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    Mini-Gourmand
    Classic Week Gourmand
    Winter Decadence
    Hiking and Feasting Week
    Adventures in Provence
    Personalized Provence
    Private Chocolate Classes
    French & Cooking Program
    A Week's Yoga Retreat





erick in the kitchen
Erick serving up a delicious eggplant en persillade.

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2008 Schedule - For details on the below classes, please click on the class title.

January 22 - 28
Winter Decadence in Provence -- wine, chocolate, foie gras and truffles!

March 30 - April 12
2 weeks intensive French language study plus culinary visits, cooking classes and much more.

April 20 - 27
A week of early spring joy -- Our Spring Classic Gourmand featuring fresh new goat cheese, bright blue irises, sweet strawberries and much more!

April 30 - May 5
Mid-Spring (Poppy and Iris Season) Mini-Gourmand FULL

May 11 - 18
Hiking and Feasting Week One of my favorite weeks, visiting all the wonderful and very different landscapes of Provence, lovely picnics, dipping our feet in the Mediterranean...FULL

May 18 - 24
Special University Group (contact Anne Quinney, prof U.Miss aquinney@olemiss.edu)

May 24 - 31
Private Group (FULL)

June 3 - June 8
Early Summer Mini-Gourmand A long weekend of early summer revelling before the true heat of high summer

June 8 - 21
2 weeks intensive French language study plus culinary visits, cooking classes and much more.

June 27 - July 2
High Summer Mini-Gourmand. FULL

July 14 - 21/28 - August 4
Two glorious and different weeks for TEENS. The second week will be followed by an optional 2 day excursion to the glorious Callanques East of Marseille (Aug 4 - 6) in collaboration with our colleagues from C'est si Bon cooking school in North Carolina.

July 21 - 28
A special week for French Teachers including 3 morning sessions of intensive instruction, a day at the Theatre Festival in Avignon, picnicking with our favorite vintner and more. Dinner table talk guaranteed to swing from archeological wonders to moments reminiscent of M. Brun's table at the Vieux Port!

Only 8 Spaces available. Reservations being handled by our assistant and colleague Teresa Engebretsen

August
Free for privately arranged classes

September 4 - 14
Yoga Retreat with Serendity Yoga teacher Angelina Califore

September 14 - 21
Hiking and Feasting Week One of my favorite weeks, visiting all the wonderful and very different landscapes of Provence, lovely picnics, dipping our feet in the Mediterranean...

September 28 - Oct.7
Our special new extended week of Adventures in Provence including hiking, biking, cayaking, and a bit of yoga to stretch out, plus a massage to work out the sore muscles. Cooking classes, winery visits, great restaurants, an evening cookout at the beach and a boat ride will fill out your time.

October 17 - 24
A week of rich Autumn colors, wild mushrooms, terrines, soups, heartwarming stews, and visits to wineries to taste the year's new wine!

October 28 - Nov 1
Late Fall Mini-Gourmand The crowds have dissipated, the the weather promises to still be lovely, brisk and sunny. Chocolate weather is here, and wild game, the season's honeys have been gathered from the hives.. A last moment before the cooler days of winter.

Cuisine et Tradition School of Provençale Cuisine
Erick & Madeleine Vedel
Arles, France
33 (0) 4 90 49 69 20
actvedel@wanadoo.fr