Cost: $65 (demonstration cooking class)
With: Wanderlust Tours Partners, Shawnie Kelley & Sherri Pickett
Explore the spicy exchanges between southern French and North African cuisine as instructor Shawnie Kelley Foy shares an original recipe for a Provençal Crêpe with Moroccan Lamb & Vegetable Tagine—an adaptation of her winning recipe in the National Food Bloggers Association competition.
“While living in France, I had my first taste of authentic Moroccan lamb tagine in Marseilles— and it blew my mind. I became fascinated with the exchange and influences between the two cultures. The complex, earthy blend of exotic spices, the rich sauce, the melt-in-your-mouth meat, and the vibrant, herbaceous vegetables all heaped on a plate hooked my palate for life. But “what’s a tagine?” you ask. A tagine is the North African answer to Sunday dinner. Think (clay) crock pot. Think hearty stews and family-style eating. Tagine is both the cooking vessel and the dish.”
Class begins with a Provençal vegetable couscous salad, then moves on to the star of the show—slow-cooked lamb and a chick pea flour crepe, and ends with a dessert of croquants d’amands (crunchy almond and orange blossom water biscuits). We’ll taste wines from the region and discuss history and food traditions while taking a digital tour of exotic spice markets and the countryside around Marseilles.
Shawnie Kelley Foy is a travel and food writer, author of 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go, It Happened on Cape Cod, The Insiders’ Guide to Columbus, and contributes regularly to several magazines, including Renaissance Magazine andEdible Columbus. She founded Wanderlust Tours, specializing in culinary, cultural, and adventure travel, and is passionate about food traditions both here and abroad. Shawnie is an avid home cook, wine lover, and her interests include yoga, gardening, architecture, cats, and traveling the back roads.