The Aromatic Gourmet: Spices, with Jeffrey Paul (In Person)

There's a special kind of magic that happens when flowers, food, and fragrance come together. Find out for yourself as you learn how to taste, evaluate, and blend aromatic spices in the fourth class of our new series with Jeffrey Paul: The Aromatic Gourmet.

In this three and a half hour class, Jeffrey Paul will focus on the history, blending, and tasting of spices.

Learn how the aromatic notes of spices can enhance dishes through a variety of culinary fragrance techniques. By the end of this class, you won’t just take home knowledge—you’ll take home a collection of your own luxurious, aromatic spice creations, ready to add a new dimension to your culinary repertoire.

Take-Aways: Participants leave with custom spice blends.

ABOUT JEFFREY PAUL

Jeffrey Paul is a passionate lover of fragrance and food, and an expert in the fusion of natural fragrances in the culinary arts. As a botanical perfumer, he has incorporated scent and perfume into beauty practices with celebrity clients for more than a decade. Also a professionally trained chef (Johnson and Wales; Newbury College), he has worked for restaurants and cafes as a pastry chef for over 20 years. His unique combination of skills will inform this enchanting journey, drawing from his extensive knowledge and passion for creating delightful, scented culinary experience.

ABOUT THE AROMATIC GOURMET SERIES
Flowers, food, and fragrance delight the senses and often provide opportunities for meaningful expression. When combined, they can incite creativity in new, unexpected ways. The Aromatic Gourmet is a thoughtful new class series presented by chef and botanical perfumer Jeffrey Paul that explores and teaches cross-modal sensorial practices through six in-person, hands-on sessions.The series presents a multi-sensorial journey into the world of gastronomy. In each class, participants will learn about a new olfacto-gustatory experience that incorporates aromatic flowers, edible flowers, hydrosols and botanical extracts, maceration, culture, history, and - of course - food preparation. Through this series, participants will gain knowledge and new creative insights into aroma, flavor, and craft.

Upcoming classes, with dates to be announced:

Class 5: Sauces and Vinegars, Healing History

Class 6: Butter and Oils

This class may not be suitable for people with allergies. If you have a strong allergy, please inquire before signing up.

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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND OLFACTION

Location: We are located in Los Angeles’ historic Chinatown neighborhood, on a pedestrian street that also hosts galleries, souvenir shops, production companies, design studios, and two very cool parrots. The IAO is wheelchair accessible.

Street Address: 932 Chung King Road Los Angeles CA. 90012 (213) 616-1744 [email protected]

To find us: Chung King Road is a pedestrian-only road that runs parallel to Hill Street, between Hill St and Yale St. See more information here: http://artandolfaction.com/visit

Attendance and Cancellation Policy: Please note that you must reserve your space in advance. If you just show up without reserving a spot, there is no guarantee we will be able to accommodate you.

When we host a class or workshop, we often order the materials to be used in the class well in advance, based on how many people have signed up (and padding a bit for safety). We also use class proceeds to pay our teachers. Although we realize that life has a funny way of getting in the way of the best laid plans, as a small non-profit we cannot afford to carry the burden of lost proceeds and materials.

- Cancellation with refund or credit requests made 2 weeks or more (14 days) before the scheduled session will be honored with gusto! We’ll miss you, but will 100% refund your spot, or give you credit for another class.

– Refunds or class credits requested less than 14 days before the scheduled sessipn: We will refund you 50% of your class fee. Why? Because we’ve already ordered the materials.

- Refunds or class credits requested less than 48 hours before the class, on the day of the class or after the class has happened will not be granted.

- Cancellations or refund requests must be made by email or via the Eventbrite 'request refund' option.

Note also that event tickets are non-transferable. Thank you for understanding!

Image credits: Pexels, The Aromatic Gourmet.

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