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DELICIOUS FRANCE:
THE ART OF FRENCH CUISINE
SCHC 363/463: MAYMESTER 2016
Dr. Amanda
Dalola
[email protected]
Dr. Lara
Lomicka
Anderson
[email protected]
¡ P REREQUISITES
§ FREN 110, 121, F2 on placement exam, 2
years of HS French or permission of
instructor
¡ T RAVEL DATES
§ May 13-23, 2016
§ + Regular spring semester meetings
¡ E STIMATED FEES
§ $3500-$4000K
§ Scholarships available for qualified
students from USC French Program (Mar 1
deadline)
§ Honors subsidy $1000
§ Passport/beyond boundaries grants
available from study abroad
GENERAL
INFO
À Table! Becky Brown
TEXTBOOK
ORGANIZATION
¡  6 meetings
¡  UNIT 1: Eating like the French
Meetings #1-3
§  Etiquette
§  The French restaurant
§  Regional specialties
§  Locavore movement
Dinner/Q&A at Crêpes & Croissants
¡  UNIT 2: Cooking like the French
Meetings #4-6
§  Chef education & training
§  Accreditation & appellations
§  Culinary technique
§  Slow food movement
French cooking demo at McCutchen
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Writing Component
¡  15%: Dégustations
¡  10%: Choice of Interview with Chef OR
Account of favorite demo at Taste of Paris food festival
Discussion Component
¡  20%: Active class participation discussing short texts & news
clips (in part using VoiceThread)
Mini Projects
¡  5%: Bingo Board
¡  5%: Scavenger Hunt
¡  10%: Instagram Food Diary (France vs. USA)
¡  10%: Food Festival Piktochart
¡  10%: Pinterest Regional Recipe Board
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Final Project
¡  15%: Create your own food demo (in French) while preparing
a French dish of your choice at Maxcy test kitchen. Use an
herb grown by the class from our class garden!
ATTENDANCE POLICY
¡  Trip abroad is required component for successful completion
of course
¡  To be eligible to travel, students may not miss more than 10%
of the regular class meetings during first 2 weeks
¡  It is the responsibility of the student to find out what material
was missed in the event of an absence.
10 DAYS IN PARIS - HIGHLIGHTS
¡  Musée du chocolat
¡  Rungis International Food Market
¡  Cooking class
¡  Musée du vin Paris
¡  Culinary tour du Marais
¡  Fragonard perfume museum
¡  Louvre museum
¡  Versailles castle
¡  Orsay museum
10 DAYS IN PARIS - HIGHLIGHTS
¡  Regionally themed dinners
§  Bouchon lyonnais: Aux lyonnais
§  Alsatian winstub: Flam’s
§  Parisian brasserie: Les deux magots
§  Savoyarde fondue & raclette:
Les fondus de la raclette
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