My favorite cooking store & french cooking class on 2/9/11

I love to cook....that is an understatement.  I'm certainly not perfect, but I'm always willing to learn a thing or two and I find that cooking classes renew my energy, my spirit, and give me more confidence in the kitchen.  I consider myself a life-long learner of many things....but cooking is at the top of the list!

There are several wonderful places in Colorado to learn techniques.  Of course, the best are in Denver, but that's quite a drive away for a class....but I may someday!  Here nearby, however, is a wonderful shop that has classes.  I got my classes mixed up, however.  I thought that Wednesday night's class was French pastry....that's coming up.  This class was a classic French dinner for two taught by a French chef who teaches other chefs all over the US.  He used to own Chimney Park restaurant in Windsor, but now has other ventures.  It was a wonderful class....I wasn't able to take pictures of the food; however, I did take pictures of the shop so that you could enjoy it along with me!  In future posts, I'll tell you more about the menu and hopefully will be able to recreate some of the wonderful things he made!!

From my parking spot to across the street where my class took place

I bravely stood in the middle of the street to take this for you!
It would have been nice if I had added the correct date onto the picture; I was
practicing with photoshop and wrote the wrong date!  Sorry!!  I did just take this photo
on Wednesday night....in 2011!!

                                                                          

Ahhhhh....my class awaits!

LOTS and lots of mixers...but I'm afraid that none of them is quite as pretty as....

the cheery 'cranberry' one that the lucky UK tweetlettes received from Santa Claus this year!
My youngest daughter received the soft green one for her wedding gift from her middle sister...she loves it!!
But then, her favorite color is GREEN!!  I have the red one, middle and oldest daughters have white ones.

They have an outstanding collection of cookbooks on the 2nd floor

wonderful candles, rugs, baskets

and a tin ceiling....I love this!

They carry many hard-to-find baking ingredients

And baking dishes, pie pans, and such from all over the world.  I love their quaint wood floor, too

I had an amazing night of learning and tasting....I came home with a full tummy....and hopped shortly thereafter into a hot bath after driving home on such a cold night.....

I wore my Aussie boots that my youngest daughter got me for Christmas and kept them on all day at work! I had happy toes!!

If you are interested in The Cupboard's website, visit them @

http://thecupboard.net/index.php

Bon Appetit!