Tuesday, September 26, 2023 From 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2023-09-26 17:00:00 2023-09-26 19:00:00 French apéro cooking series with chef Cécile Penot Dietrich What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 From 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2023-10-24 17:00:00 2023-10-24 19:00:00 French apéro cooking series with chef Cécile Penot Dietrich What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 From 5:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2023-11-14 17:00:00 2023-11-14 19:00:00 French apéro cooking series with chef Cécile Penot Dietrich What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA America/New_York
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Cécile Penot Dietrich
Cécile Penot Dietrich is a professional Chef graduated from CSCA professional Chef’s program. She created French in the Kitchen, a cooking class business in Arlington, MA, in 2015. She is passionate about sharing her decades long love for cooking with kids and adults by teaching a variety of classes including after school, corporate events, thematic classes.Originally a French attorney by trade, changed my career path after her relocation to the Boston area, 15 years ago.
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An Author Talk with Violaine Huisman
Join us for an evening with acclaimed author Violaine Huisman as she presents her new novel, The Monuments of Paris, a sweeping exploration of family, memory, and a little-known chapter of French history during the Second World War.
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Virtual Event: Ann Scott in Conversation
Presented in partnership with Harvard Bookstore
Join us off-site at Harvard Book Store for a conversation with French author Ann Scott, winner of the 2023 Prix Renaudot, for the release of her cult novel Superstars.
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