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Current EventsFrench Affaires offers travel, culture, cuisine, and language events designed to enchant the most ardent Francophiles, the first-time-to-France traveler, and everyone in between. Check with us regularly on our class offerings--there is always something new to discover about France! Join our French Affaires Weekly email list to be notified about upcoming events, classes and trips (see sign-up form at the left). New! Sign up online via credit card. See register buttons for details.
 French Affaires Book Series - Fall 2009Do you love books about France and the French? So do we! Join our unique French book club as we meet monthly to read and discuss books on French culture, art, cuisine, wine, travel, and language. Our meeting locations and hosts tie to each month's book theme for a special French treat.Whether or not one has finished the book, our book club gathering is interesting, informative, lively and delicious. And we finish up with French Affaires' signature "If you liked this book, then you'll also like..." Click here for full details.
Learn the basics of French in this beginning French series. We'll have fun covering key words and phrases, essential pronunciation, and beginning language structures while mastering real cultural situations. Come prepared to absorb, participate and learn the essential elements of the French language in a supportive environment. For maximum effectiveness, the class is limited to 8 participants.
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| Date: | Four Tuesdays - Jan 26, Feb 2, 9, 16 |
| Time: | 7:30pm to 8:45pm |
| Location: | Central Dallas location |
Beginning French Course - Part 2
We'll continue learning the basics of French in this beginning French series. We'll have fun covering key words and phrases, essential pronunciation, and beginning language structures while mastering real cultural situations. Come prepared to absorb, participate and learn the essential elements of the French language in a supportive environment. For maximum effectiveness, the class is limited to 8 participants.
Cost: The class fee is $85 per person if registered by December 31 ($95 after that date) and includes all language instruction, special handouts, and personalized language coaching. Advance registration is required. Payment by check or credit card.
Text: "French: Learn in 4 Simple Steps" (Living Language series), $10.95, ISBN #978-1-4000-2409-4, Order from the SMU / Barnes & Noble Bookstore at 214-768-2435 (Jill Taylor is our contact) for 1-week store delivery or 3-5 business days to your home.
| Date: | Two Mondays - Jan 18, 25; Two Thursdays - Feb 4, 11 |
| Time: | 7:00pm to 8:15pm |
| Location: | Central Dallas location |
Beginning French Course - Part 3
We'll continue learning the basics of French in this beginning French series. We'll have fun covering key words and phrases, essential pronunciation, and beginning language structures while mastering real cultural situations. Come prepared to absorb, participate and learn the essential elements of the French language in a supportive environment. For maximum effectiveness, the class is limited to 8 participants.
Cost: The class fee is $85 per person if registered by December 31 ($95 after that date) and includes all language instruction, special handouts, and personalized language coaching. Advance registration is required. Payment by check or credit card.
Text: "French: Learn in 4 Simple Steps" (Living Language series), $10.95, ISBN #978-1-4000-2409-4, Order from the SMU / Barnes & Noble Bookstore at 214-768-2435 (Jill Taylor is our contact) for 1-week store delivery or 3-5 business days to your home.
| Date: | Four Tuesdays - Jan 19, 26, Feb 2, 9 |
| Time: | 2:00pm to 3:15pm |
| Location: | Central Dallas location |
French Conversation Courses - Ongoing
Two Session Times Offered!
We'll enhance your French language skills in this class devoted to French conversation and fluency. Over gourmet French tea, we'll discuss fun French topics based on short readings in French as well as occasional French video and audio clips. Practice communicating in French while adding to your French vocabulary and praticing French grammar. Our goal is to build confidence as well as conversational ability in French. For maximum benefit, the class is limited to 8 participants.
Cost: The cost is $85 per person if registered by December 31 ($95 after that date) and includes all language instruction, conversation handouts, and personalized language coaching. Advance registration is required. Payment by check or credit card.
Supplemental Text: "The Ultimate French Review and Practice: Mastering French Grammar for Confident Communication", Order from the SMU / Barnes & Noble Bookstore at 214-768-2435 (Jill Taylor is our contact) for 1-week store delivery or 3-5 business days to your home.
| Date: | Four Tuesdays - Jan 19, 26, Feb 2, 9 |
| Time: | 10:30 to 11:45am OR 6:00 to 7:15pm |
| Location: | Central Dallas location |
Cooking with Julie & Julia New Class at SMU!
With Julie & Julia as our muses, join us as we explore highlights of French cooking and food culture! We'll begin with Julia Child's memoir My Life in France and her legendary cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Through the movie Julie & Julia, we'll share Julie Powell's experiences (complete with French cooking terms and vocabulary!) as she cooked all of Julia's "Mastering" recipes in one year, and discuss French cooking both then and now. Our final class meeting offers a private cooking session at Central Market, where we'll taste some of Julia's best dishes in a cooking class designed especially for us. To register, please visit www.smu.edu/informal. Bon Appétit!
| Date: | Three Mondays, Feb 1, 8, 15 |
| Time: | 6:30pm to 9:00pm |
| Location: | SMU. The last class meeting on 2/15 will be held in the Central Market Cooking School at the store on Lover's Lane and Central. |
The Best of Provence - Cuisine & Culture
New Event!
Join Elizabeth New of French Affaires and The Cultured Cup as we tour Provence through its signature flavors and foods. We'll explore the best of Provençal culinary traditions, as well as its outdoor markets, food shops, cooking schools, and memorable restaurants in this visual immersion into all things gourmet from the South of France. In addition, we'll go deep into the signature herbes and aromates of the region and how to pair them with each other and with food. We'll also discuss traditional dishes and recipes and how to bring them to life chez vous using the best of Dallas' local food products.
Fresh from a trip to Provence, Elizabeth will lead us through a tasting of Provence sweet and savory flavors she has bought back from her recent trip along with the best of French teas and coffees from The Cultured Cup. Come join us for a visual and gustatory feast-and walk away with a gourmet guide to Provence!
Our session includes the gourmet "tour", Provence savories and sweets, French teas and coffee as well as a gourmet guide to Provence. The cost is $37.50 if registered by January 30 ($47.50 after that date). To sign up, click here.
Dr. Elizabeth New is a specialist in French and founder of French Affaires, a company celebrating French travel, culture, food, wine, language, and l'art de vivre.
Based in Dallas, The Cultured Cup is the Southwest's premier boutique of exclusive world-class teas, gourmet drinking chocolates and coffees.
| Date: | Sunday, February 7, 2010 |
| Time: | 2:30pm to 4:30pm |
| Location: | The Cultured Cup, 8312 Preston Center Plaza Drive, Dallas (southeast quadrant of Northwest Hwy and Preston Road ) |
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