The Parisian Market: Fall Harvest - In Person

A hands-on in-person cooking class culminating in a dinner served with wine and beer. This class is limited to 10 students. See our registration policies here and our rules for in-person events here.

We look forward to welcoming you back to Zoé's first in-person class this year! For her return to 18th St with you, she's inspired by the season and is revisiting her series inspired by the farmers market. Marché Bastille, or the Bastille Farmer’s Market, is one of the largest Parisian food markets offering an abundance of mouthwatering produce. Open twice a week, it draws large crowds to its 50+ open-air, specialized food stands selling the very best in produce, breads, cheeses, meats and seafood. If you were a Parisian resident, this could be the menu you create to celebrate peak produce as the days get shorter, the nights cooler, and the air crisper. 

You'll be cooking alongside your classmates, taking a break to enjoy a plated pumpkin soup course at our communal dining table. Alongside the soup, gougeres will be served on side salad plates. After the soup and gougères course, we will return to the kitchen to cook the risotto in groups, which will be plated immediately, as a finished risotto waits for no one!

MENU

Gougère—Pumpkin Gougères with Compound Butter

Soup de Potiron—Velvety Pumpkin Soup

Risotto au Poireaux—Leek Risotto

This menu contains the following common allergens: Egg, Dairy, Wheat. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions that concern your ability to cook along, please e-mail info@18reasons.org before purchasing a ticket.

Let’s Cook Together! 

Zoé McLaughlin was born in Paris and raised in San Francisco. She graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and worked in restaurants in France while she wrote and published her first cookbook – a collection of family recipes influenced by her multicultural upbringing.  She now lives in San Francisco, where she works in the non-profit culinary world and hosts online cooking demonstrations.  She has a passion for bringing together the diverse flavors and culinary traditions of the Bay Area with the time tested techniques of classical French cooking.