Price per person : 1430E ($2070) without accommodations; 1700E ($2465) with double room accommodations; 220E ($315) supplement for a single.

A Typical Evening Menu

Our Week's program

This program combines two of our loves, wandering about the glorious and varied countryside of Provence, and cooking together with friends (new and old!). Though what we teach you is Proven¨ale Cuisine, naturally rich in vegetables, olive oil, and with minimal fats, after a week of feasting, some of our clients worry about facing the scales when they get home.... So, if we walk and hike for a couple hours each day, over hills and through valleys, collecting a few herbs, or berries, or mushrooms as we find them, you can indulge with no guilt in the evening's delicacies!

We'll walk through valleys of olive orchards, along paths with spectacular vistas, hike amidst vineyards, visit our cheesemakers (and run into their goats grazing) and olive oil mills, include strolls through local markets to gather picnic supplies (as well as ingredients for the evening classes), through landscapes painted by Vincent Van Gogh, Roman ruins, and into the hidden valley of our favorite bee keeper.

• 7 evenings, 6 days
• preparation of 6 menus featuring favorite dishes
• visit the Arles outdoor market (Provence's largest)
• visit a local winery
• visit some our favorite food artisans including a cheesemaker, honey collector, Roman cuisine specialist, olive oil presser
• hikes include picnics with local delicacies

Dates for 2008:

May 11 - 18

Sept 14-21

Reserve Your Place

A picnic with friends.