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At Taste, the only thing we love more than discovering
cheese is sharing our discoveries with friends. That's why we created Cheese101@TASTE,
a series of small, focused classes we offer covering everything from cheese
basics to region and beverage specific cheese pairings. Classes are casual and designed
for novice and experienced cheese aficionados alike. Most sessions are taught by
our favorite cheese monger George Palmer, and held in Wine Steals' cozy event space
adjoining Taste.
To encourage student interaction and lively discussion in our classes, we keep
class sizes small and once a class fills, a waiting list is formed.
After
each class concludes, Taste reopens exclusively for our students who receive a discount
off all purchases made that evening. Students also receive discounts from Wine
Steals on wines used in certain classes.
Whatever the topic, Cheese101@TASTE is always a fun, informative and flavorful
experience!
CHEESE101@TASTE – NEW CLASSES!
Sure it’s summer,
but at Taste, school is still in session. We’ve added some great classes over
the next few months and hope you’ll plan to attend!
Tour
de France $45
Wednesday
9/24, 7pm at Taste
Can’t get
to France this year? Join Taste as we tour the country from the comfy confines
of the Wine Steals event room (behind Taste). From Champagne to Sancerre to
Burgundy, French wines are revered worldwide and their incredible cheeses are
made to match. We’ll serve up some classic wine and cheese pairings and a few
unexpected treats in this fun, 90-minute class. Bon appetite!
Oktoberfest Beer & Cheeses **2 Classes Offered** $40
Wednesday
10/15, 7pm at Taste
Sunday 10/19, 6:30pm at O’Briens Pub
Each April
and October we get together with our good friends at O’Brien’s Pub in Kearny
Mesa for a pair of classes focused on beer and cheese pairing. This marks our 6th
round of classes and as always, we’ve scoured the planet in search of cheeses
and beers covering a range of styles and geographical origins to showcase the
respective crafts. Whether you’re a beer and cheese novice or a full-blown
aficionado, you’ll enjoy this fun and informative class. Get ready to
experience a world of flavor!
Holiday Blues, Whites & Reds $45
Wednesday,
11/12, 7pm at Taste
At Taste,
we love the blues and as we look forward to the holiday season, we feel it’s
time to give them their due. In this tasty and informative class, we’ll
experience the amazing range of flavors and textures this underappreciated
cheese style offers. We’ll introduce you to a range of blue cheeses, paired
with an array of wines from sparklers and whites, to reds and ports.
NEW
MOVIE NITES@TASTE!
We’re excited to
launch a new series of events at Taste, each featuring wine, cheese and a
movie. Each month we’ll serve up one of our favorite food-centric movies
(loosely defined), which we’ll pair with wines and cheeses from the region or
cuisine featured in the movie. If you’re looking for a fun diversion to start
the week, plan to join us!
“The
Dinner Game” $30
Monday, 8/18
6:30pm
We kick off the
series with this hilarious French film that despite its title has little to do
with food. We’ll be sure to make up for it with some tasty French wines and
cheeses to enjoy while we watch (and read the subtitles). For more on the film,
here’s a synopsis from Fandango.com …
Francis Veber wrote and
directed this film adaptation of his own play, Le diner de cons, about a
competition among a group of friends to see who can find the stupidest person to
bring to dinner. The dinners are held each Wednesday night, and French publisher
Pierre Brochant (Thierry Lhermitte) has found a world class nincompoop --
Finance Ministry accountant Francois Pignon (Jacques Villeret) who uses
matchsticks to build small-scale replicas of monuments. Things quickly go awry
after Pierre wrenches his back at golf. He nevertheless makes an effort to
attend the dinner with his prize dunce. Francois arrives at Pierre's luxury
apartment, but Pierre is in such pain they never exit the apartment for the
dinner. Instead, Pierre is trapped in a situation where Francois' stupidity
turns his life into a comic hell.
“Big
Night” $30
Monday, 9/15
6:30pm
This month we head
to Italy (by way of New Jersey) for one of our favorite ‘foodie’ movies. While
we watch the creation of the Italian feast on screen, we’ll enjoy Italian wines
and cheeses. For more on this film, here’s a synopsis from imdb.com …
Primo and Secondo are two brothers who have emigrated from Italy to open an
Italian restaurant in America. Primo is the irascible and gifted chef, brilliant
in his culinary genius, but determined not to squander his talent on making the
routine dishes that customers expect. Secondo is the smooth front-man, trying to
keep the restaurant financially afloat, despite few patrons other than a poor
artist who pays with his paintings. The owner of the nearby Pascal's restaurant,
enormously successful (despite its mediocre fare), offers a solution - he will
call his friend, a big-time jazz musician, to play a special benefit at their
restaurant. Primo begins to prepare his masterpiece, a feast of a lifetime, for
the brothers' big night...
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