Two-week series! Tips and tricks for home cooks and foodies. Learn the classic French techniques for making the five mother sauces. Once you know how to create these five sauces, you can cook anything from eggs benedict to homemade macaroni and cheese. I’ll teach you how to transform the mother sauces into decadent demi-glace and thick herbaceous gravies. The first thing Julia Child learned how to master were these sauces – so let’s honor the great cook by mastering these wonderful sauce techniques!

Week #1 – 7/16 – Hollandaise with Poached Eggs; Béchamel atop Croque Madame
Week #2 – 7/23 – Tomato with Buccatini Pasta; Velouté with Mushrooms; Espagnole with Skirt Steak