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If you’ve ever wondered how to order a meal in a French restaurant without getting tongue-tied, this tour is for you. If you’ve wanted to understand the difference between crème fraiche and fromage blanc, this course is for you. If you want to learn the different terms for fish, or what kinds of cheese should be chosen for the cheese course, and how to read a wine label, this course is for you. With one of our expect guides, you will discover the secrets of French gastronomy, and learn the pleasures of the French table that you can then adapt at home. Wine lovers can not only enjoy exclusive wine tastings in Paris and other parts of France, but can also take customized private tours in Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Provence, which allow you to discover the finest French wines from the terroir to the bottle. You will have a chance to meet leading vintners and cellar-masters, and learn the difference between a Cru Bourgeois and a Grand Cru. By the time you end your trip, you will have tasted the best France has to offer, gaining invaluable knowledge every morsel and sip of the way. Our Guides We work only with trained, experienced guides, who are either university-educated native English speakers or French national guides who speak flawless English. Both have the people skills to make Americans and other English-speakers feel at home in France. Our multilingual guides also have fluency in Spanish, Italian, Russian, German and Chinese, both Mandarin and Cantonese. For more specific information about tours and fees, please contact Ms. Kaplan by completing our Tour Request Form.
We'll tell you how to choose cheese for a casual lunch as well as for dinner parties, where to get excellent foie gras and caviar at unbeatable prices, what kinds of wines to buy to take home and how to store them, as well as discover the bakery of the Queens of France, known for its rhum babas and "well of love" desserts. You will also visit one of the city's finest dry grocers, where you can purchase baking chocolate, shelled almonds, dried mushrooms and pine nuts, at prices that you won't believe until you see them. And if you love stocking up on the latest cookware, we will take you to where the chefs buy their Flexipans and their chocolate molds, as well as the latest Le Creuset cookware. For those who want to explore the Left Bank, we also offer a mouthwatering tour of the Rue Mouffetard on the Left Bank - the oldest open air market street in Paris. Here you will be able to sample cheeses, taste the authentic "Gana" baguette, and have the tastiest brioche in all of Paris -- at least according to Patricia Wells. You will love the overflow of scents, colors and textures at the different fruit and vegetable stalls, and will admire the ancient frescoes on the 16th and 17th century facades. Best of all, you will be able to end your visit with a taste of one of the finest ice creams in Paris, whose name we refuse to give away. See Fees to book your tours.
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Not only can we set up the course schedule, but we can also round out your stay with day trips in the area, and hotel arrangements. Contact us for more information. See Fees to book your tours.
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'Paris In A Basket' Gourmet Market Tours
With our expert guide, we invite you to join us on a food shopping and
tasting expedition near the old Halles District, which Emile
Zola called "the belly of Paris." Here you can get the fixings of a
picnic lunch at one of the finest markets in Paris, which is the everyday
haunt of the city's top chefs.
Discover the world of French food markets and gourmet food shops such
as Fauchon and Hédiard; learn how the world-famous baker Poilane baked
his bread with the same recipe used before the French Revolution, pick
up tips on how to buy fine French wines, cheeses, truffles and chocolates;
participate in a cooking class with a master French chef where you'll
learn how to prepare classical and innovative dishes—these are just
some of the things you can do when take this tour. If you're feeling
lazy, hire one of our chefs to cook you a fabulous lunch or dinner.
If you're feeling scholarly, learn about the history of wine, crystal
and tableware – these are just some of the delectable choices offered
to serious gourmets and gastronomes. Groups can arrange for private
wine tastings and tours of pastry kitchens, bakeries and gourmet chocolate
makers.
Due to an increased interest in regional cooking, French Links Tours
is now arranging gourmet cooking classes in Paris, Normandy, the Loire
Valley and in Provence.
For those
persons who are keen to train their staff in the latest trends in French
cooking and professional cookware, we now offer by popular demand, a
tour for professionals that can be customized according to your operational
needs. For instance, the team of Petrus in London opted for a tour that
included a visit to a chocolate-maker's atelier, an affineur of cheeses,
a tea-producer, a wine cellar and a honey producer. For another hotelier
from Des Moines, we introduced him to vintage copper cookware and antique
bistro furnishings where are now in place at his new French restaurant.
Other tours include visits to Rungis, the largest wholesale food and
flower market at the gates of Paris, and tours of food producers in
different regions, including Normandy and Provence.
For those of us who are chocoholics, we now offer a private behind-the-scenes
tour of chocolate makers in Paris, that allows to sample as well as
to watch these chocolate fantasies come to life. Our chocolate tour
includes a visit to one of the top artisans in the Paris region, who
lets you inside his "chocolate factory" to see how molded chocolates
and ganache are made. Best of all, you can take home freshly molded
"Eiffel Towers" and other Parisian monuments in the finest dark and
milk chocolate. And for those of us who love tea, we can arrange a unique
tea-tasting with the world’s finest tea taster outside of mainland China,
whose teas are so precious they are kept under lock and key! Come join
us for a classic Chinese tea brewing demonstration where you drink out
of 18th-century porcelain bowls and savor fragrant green, black, white
and red teas that you will find no place else.
Over
the years many of our guests want to know how the French eat so well
and stay so slim. To complement the new book Why French Women Don’t
Get Fat, we are now offering a special slim gourmet tour that will
show how to shop, prepare and enjoy French food without gaining a gram.
We will also make arrangements for you to participate in a healthful
gourmet cooking class, where you can learn how to make dishes that are
both delicious and light on calories. We will also visit French shops
where you will be able to purchase jams, jellies, cookies and other
delights with reduced sugar and fat content. We have even found wonderful
dark hand-made chocolates that have no butter or animal fats - and they
really taste delicious!
We can
organize exclusive wine tastings in the showroom of wine of the finest
producers in Bordeaux, or a more informal wine and cheese tasting at
a number of the most authentic wine bars in Paris, who can pair the
finest wines, cheeses and charcuteries. In addition, we can arrange
wine tastings with musical events, and gastronomic dinners that pair
wine and food in the most incomparable way. Note: All these programs
are customized and priced accordingly.
We can
arrange day-trips to the most famous wine regions of France, that include
pickup and private transportation from your hotel, high-speed train
tickets, a local expert guide who speaks fluent English or other languages,
and access to unique cellars and châteaux, often closed to the general
public. The greatest vintages including Mouton-Rothschild and Romanée-Conti
will be part of your wine discovery tour. Note: All these trips are
customized and priced accordingly.
Have
you ever wanted to have the best of both worlds? Well now you can, with
French Links Wine and Golf Tours in both Bordeaux and Burgundy. Imagine
waking up in a private château in the finest vineyards in France, playing
a round of golf on the most stunning courses in the region in the cool
of the day, and then enjoying a tour of vineyards and tastings in the
afternoon, followed by a superb dinner with outstanding vintages in
the evening. Just give a call or contact French Links Tours to arrange
for a customized program that appeals to all your senses.
Want
to celebrate an anniversary or drink some wonderful bubbly on your honeymoon?
There's no better way to do it than to spend a day in Champagne, the
only region to give its name to the divine sparking wine, discovered
in the 18th century by the blind monk Dom Perignon. Our tour includes
a visit to the splendid Reims cathedral, where most of the kings of
France since Clovis (500 A.D.) have been crowned. To slake your thirst
you will get a chance to taste the champagnes of Taittinger, Moet &
Chandon and Veuve Cliquot – and take home a bottle or two. You may also
want to join us for lunch at the three-star Michelin Restaurant Chez
Boyer, considered to be one of the best tables in France, in what has
to be one of the most regal settings. By the end of the day, you will
understand why they say "Happy as a King in France."
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