DAILY SUPPER - October 1-4

    What the weekend is about

    Our busy lifestyles nowadays give us little time to plan our meals for the week, let alone do the shopping and cooking for it. Which is why our weekday supper so often turns into a defrosted convenience meal or a last minute take-away. Cooking supper has become a chore, and sometimes a cause for irritation...
     
    This weekend course is aimed to put oomph back into the life of the kitchen supper to make it something to look forward to - a calm, relaxed moment, to reflect on the day's events.

    With a little knowledge you will know what to stock up on, and how to turn it swiftly and simply into an enjoyable experience - both the preparation and the eating of it.
     
    The course includes excursions to food markets and winemakers.

    What the weekend includes

    • 3 nights accommodation in B&B La Souqueto.
    • all meals including wine - both at home and in restaurants
    • all transport (airport transfers and excursions)
    • all cookery demonstrations and tutored winetastings

    What the weekend costs

    590 euros ALL INCLUSIVE

    ITINERARY

    Friday 1st October
    After the pick-up from the airport we'll head straight for lunch in a restaurant in the Medieval Cite of Carcassonne. Then home via a visit to a superb winemaker (for a tutored winetasting) and the Oulibou olive press (to taste various oils and olives). After settling in there is a talk on 'clever shopping' and on 'cooking with flavours' followed by a cookery demonstration, then dinner.
     
    Saturday 2nd October
    After breakfast, a morning visit to Narbonne's foodmarket for a guided shopping tour. There is time for a stroll to the Cathedral and the shops before a leisurely lunch in a city centre restaurant. In the afternoon we'll visit a a beekeeper and, if there is time, the award-winning Combebelle goat farm to watch the milking and cheesemaking. Home to freshen up before another cookery demonstration, then dinner.
     
    Sunday 3rd October
    After a relaxed breakfast, there is an option to visit the openair foodie market of St Chinian, an aperitif on its 'cosmopolitan' square and a picnic in the gorges of the Orb river afterwards, OR a visit to another extraordinary winemaker followed by a picnic near the Mediterranean. Our final dinner will be in Mirepeisset, either in the riverside restaurant La Garenne or beside the Canal du Midi at the Porte Minervoise.
     
    Monday 4th October
    After an easy morning of relaxation with perhaps a walk to the pretty village of Le Somail we leave for the drop-off at the airport. A packed lunch will be provided.
     

     
    For more information, please contact info@petracarter.com