Bed and Breakfast and Cooking Classes

They are renowned for the excellence and uniqueness of their cuisine ... and now some of the best Bed and Breakfast inns in the U.S.A. are inviting guests to learn their cooking secrets. Here are some wonderful places where you can dine, recline, and learn to make food that is sublime!

NEW ORLEANS

Few American cities are as famous for their food as New Orleans. For those wanting to master this cuisine - or at least get a good start on doing so - a stay at The Big Easy B&B 'House on Bayou Road Inn' is a must. Just a few blocks from the French Quarter, which survived Hurricane Katrina relatively unscathed, the House on Bayou Street Inn features luxurious period bedrooms in a restored, 18th-century plantation main house. This B&B also has two acres of land to enjoy, plus a swimming pool and hot tub.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Learn the tricks of the culinary trade at Abingdon Manor, a historic inn with a Four Diamond rating for both its cuisine and accommodations. Cooking classes at this Florence, South Carolina, locale are available throughout the year, limited to just six people per class, so there's plenty of one-on-one instruction. Mornings at the inn begin with a sumptuous Southern breakfast, followed by a day of cooking lessons and capped off with a six-course gourmet dinner served in a romantic, candlelit setting. The beautiful home is decorated in period style and boasts many original features, such as a clawfoot tub in one guest room and a working fireplace in another romantic room.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Norman Rockwell could hardly have painted a more idyllic New England setting than the one guests will find at Glen, New Hampshire's historic Bernerhof Inn. Built in the 1880s, most of the inn's cozy guest rooms feature king-size beds and some have Jacuzzi tubs, as well. For food lovers, the innkeepers offer a Taste of the Mountains Cooking School twice each year. The weekend-long events feature recipes from the inn's own chefs, and include appetizers, main course, dessert and brunch dishes. Wine tasting is also included in the classes. If you can't make it to the cooking school, try the inn's For the Love of Chocolate package for a fun culinary delight.

PENNSYLVANIA INNS

The historic Golden Pheasant Inn is well established as a wonderful, gourmet restaurant but it is also home to six restored guestrooms decorated by Barbara Faure. The fieldstone inn was built as a mule barge stop for travelers on the Delaware Canal. The five acre grounds resemble a French country estate and guests can enjoy the lush surroundings in a canal side Solarium dining room. There are two other dining rooms, including the original Tavern Room with pointed stone walls, exposed beams, deep window sills, decorative copper pots and Quimper pottery from Brittany, France. The restaurant's French cuisine, prepared by Chef Michel Faure, is outstanding. One might start off with Michel's pheasant pate, followed by a savory onion soup baked with three cheeses. Mesclun greens dressed in vinaigrette cleanse the palate before one samples roast duck with a luxurious apricot, ginger and rum sauce or perhaps a sirloin steak flamed in cognac. Looking to create your own masterpiece? Then look no further, as Chef Michel Faure offers cooking classes for a nominal fee which includes demonstration and tasting.

CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY

Ramekins' Bed & Breakfast Inn in Sonoma, California is a bit different: Rather than offering a cooking school within a B&B, this is a B&B that is housed within a cooking school! All six rooms feature luxurious comfy beds and tasteful appointments; perfect for relaxing in after a busy day in the kitchens below. Speaking of cooking, Ramekins' classes (available in groups, one-on-one, or online) are held in two teaching kitchens. The first is a fully-equipped, 36-seat culinary demonstration kitchen-theater with mirrors and television monitors for easy viewing. The second is a complete restaurant kitchen used for full-participation hands-on classes. The International Association of Culinary Professionals recognized Ramekins' teaching excellence with the IACP's 2005 "School of the Year" award. Add a B&B and Ramekins' location in California's wine country, and the result is vacation perfection.

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Jane Leisteiner is an expert on B&Bs and enjoys writing about cooking. For further details on California bed and breakfast inns or Pennsylvania bed and breakfasts, go to the American Historic Inns site.

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