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Ryanair's Lifestyle Magazine: "Cookery School Promenades Gourmandes, Paris"
October 15th, 2007 — "Ladies (and men, too), don't you ever wish you could cook like a chic Parisian woman? well, now you can learn how to - from chic Parisian woman Paule Caillat, whose English-language cookery classes and gourmet walking tours encompass visits to bakers, butchers and local cheese makers.

Cook a classic French meal at Caillat's well-equipped apartment, in the city's Marais quarter, plus get loads of insider tips and tricks. You can use your new skills to whip up some romance with a loved one, or to impress your friends."

The Honolulu Advertiser: "Cooking en Français"
July 4, 2007 — "The thoroughly bilingual Caillat runs one of the many cooking and food classes in Paris, and by many accounts, it is among the best."

"'French food is the art of simplicity,' she says."

"Paris is crammed with tiny cheese, wine, meat and fruit stores. The trick is to know who does things well and honorably ... There is nothing like visiting cooking teacher Paule Caillat's favorite spots with her in your company. You are greeted as old friends."

The News Herald: "Edible Paris: Food, Culture Critically Connected"
January 29, 2006 — "Petite and dressed in black, the mid-life Caillat was smaller than her stature in the world's food community might have suggested. Caillat led us to the nearby street market. That's where we would buy ingredients for the luncheon we'd later prepare. We oohed and aahed over lovely French cheeses gathered for the three cheese soufflé we'd be making.... Caillat dispensed wonderful tidbits of lore and education. In the packet of recipes Caillat gave us, she described many of the ingredients and gave us names of places in the US where we could buy them.... We sipped wine and socialized like old friends."

New York Times: "At Last, France Embraces the Vegetable"
"France is in the grip of a fruit and vegetable kick," said Paule Caillat, a Parisian who makes a living teaching foreigners how to shop and cook from French markets. Raised in Paris and educated in San Francisco, Mrs. Caillat is loyal to Paris but understands Americans.

A Place to Cook by Jenni Muir, published 2004
"Here is an opportunity to experience Paris through the eyes and palate of a discerning Frenchwoman. Paule Caillat guides small groups of visitors around the market of the Marais district, then takes them back to her elegant apartment to teach them to cook the fresh produce purchased. After a relaxing lunch with wine and cheese, she accompanies guests to leading stores in other parts of the city."

Williams-Sonoma Cookbook published 2004
Paris: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World
Recipe for Creme Brulee - Classic Caramelized Custard
"From chef Paule Caillat, who operates Promenades Gourmandes, a well-known, one-woman combination cooking school and tour company. Her cooking classes are held in the spacious kitchen of her Marais apartment, and her culinary tours guide participants through a maze of outdoor markets, bakeries, cheese stores, and wine shops."

San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2004
"I couldn't resist going back to Caillat's kitchen. Her class is not just a cooking class, it is very French, very Parisian, sort of an immersion course: Always a little bit of this, little bit of that, a chunk of je ne sais quoi and a handful of little trucs (tricks or secrets) to pick up along the way."

Gourmet Magazine
"Paule Caillat, a friendly, perfectly bilingual Parisian, leads Promenades Gourmandes, day or half-day courses that include a market visit, a well-explained lesson, and the preparation of a three-course lunch. Caillat's recipes range from rustic dishes to more elegant preparations ideal for special occasions back home."

Time Out Paris
"Vivacious Paule Caillat, born and bred in Paris and college-educated in the USA, leads walking tours around local markets and welcomes you to her home for a relaxed introduction to French cooking.... Great fun if you want to extend your cooking repertoire for family suppers or French dinner parties."

Great Eats: Paris
"A quantum leap from the ordinary.... Her love of cooking and culinary heritage transforms everything she touches.... Cooking with Paule means hands-on from the get-go.... If you love food and cooking, please treat yourself to one of her cooking lessons or trips."

American Connoisseur
"One of the best of these intimate schools is Promenades Gourmandes, operated by Paule Caillat out of her apartment in the trendy Marais neighborhood of Paris."

The Guardian (London)
"Top ten cookery schools in Europe... It's a terrific way of discovering the food underbelly of the city, as the Cordon Bleu chef and guide, Paule Caillat, leads the class round markets, butchers, the kitchens at the Hotel de Crillo, truffle and herb shops. You then return to Caillat's kitchen in the Marais and cook up your shopping."

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
"Paule takes you around her lively neighborhood market, introducing you to a merchant who sells mushrooms that he grows in his cellar (a dying French tradition) or to a butcher who sells the best free-range milk- and corn-fed chickens from Bresse.... Then it's over to Paule's apartment on the rue du Temple. Her kitchen is enormous by Paris standards: granite countertops, two electric ovens, and a professional-quality gas cooktop."

Paris Anglo
"When lunch is ready you and your classmates take your places at the large antique oak table set with Paules yellow Provençale procelain, and eat! Since this is France, lunch includes wine, maybe a Côtes du Rhône or a white Beaujolais produced b a friend of Paule's and not available in stores."

AmericanWay: The magazine of American Airlines
"She leads charges on bakery or chocolatier visits, or on wine tastings."

StarTribune (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
"It turned out to be far more than a cooking class, more even than a way to demystify French cooking for me. It was an excellent way to get inside Paris and into the mind of a French cook. I enjoyed it on all counts."

The Miami Herald
"While you're grating cheese or chopping onions, you pick up all sorts of culinary tidbits à la Paule."

San Francisco Chronicle
"Paule Caillat, a Parisienne who has lived in California and now leads food tours of France, describes the changes: 'Casual is stylish. There are more twists of flavor, unexpected hits of spice, a whiff of cumin in a turnip puree, a hit of five-spice in roast fish, perfumed scents that veer away from tradition.'"

Twin Cities Wellness
"Like a kid in the candy store, I ran from stall to stall, ogling cheeses, seafood, and meats in the open air. Paule shops like a true Parisian, gossiping and haggling with suppliers she has dealt with for years.... Back in her kitchen, we set to work on our menu, Coquiles St. Jacques en Nage, Souffle aux Epinards, and Apple Tarte. As an opinionated food lover, it is always good to work with someone who does things in her own, equally opinionated way. That's part of the opening up to another experience with food."

Paris Notes
"For visitors who prefer a more relaxed approach, Paule Caillat of Promenades Gourmandes organizes half-day trips to outdoor markets, followed by lessons and lunch, for anglophone groups hosted in her own kitchen."

Living France
"Every tour is different, as Paule will first discuss what your interests are. Paule takes me to one of the most wonderful little food shops I've ever been in, blending her food advice with historical anecdotes and personal history."

The Independent
"Paule knows lots of secrets.... Paule took me places I would never find by myself.... To call it a spice shop [would be] like calling Harrod's food hall a grocer's."