Finessing our kitchen so that we have the tools we need is something that takes time, but when you know what tools work best for the meals and dishes you prepare, waiting for a sale is worth it especially if you want to purchase a high-quality Mauviel copper pan, a highly recommended chef’s knife, etc.

Yesterday, one of my closest friends brought to my attention Sur la Table’s weekend sale which runs through Monday. A perfect time to pick up those cook’s tools you have patiently been waiting for. However, it wasn’t the sale that caught her attention; it was a certain cooking class that was now available.

For a special one-day only class (2 hours in length), offered to shoppers/cooks across the entire country in Sur la Table locations on Julia Child’s birthday – August 15th, is Julia Child’s Birthday Celebration Class. Classes are filling up quickly from Alabama to Wisconsin, and just think, we could all be cooking together the following menu:

• Pan Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Pan Sauce
• Crispy Potatoes Anna
• Strawberry Brioche Cake with Chantilly Cream

AND, included in your class cost (in Oregon it is $85, not including the 20% discount) you will receive a copy of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume II! Additionally, for each place sold Sur La Table will make a donation to benefit The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.

Okay, I have talked to much! Go on and sign up! It’s a Wednesday class, most locations are offering it in the evening. Sounds like a wonderful way to make it through a full week, non?

But don’t forget to shop the sale! I have included a few items that caught my eye below, but you can shop the entire site here. There is very little that isn’t included in the 20% offerings with the promo code CHEF18. And there is free shipping! Click here to begin perusing Sur la Table.

~Julia Child’s Birthday Celebration Cooking Class (+ free book – Volume II – Mastering the Art of French Cooking).

~Global Knife Pair

~Boos Cutting Board

~Striped Linen Tablecloth (other colors available)

~Mauviel Copper Oval Gratin, 11.8″

~Olive wood cheese knife set

~Boos round maple cutting board

~Italian olivewood cheese paddle

~Bodum Columbia Double-Wall Stainless Steel French Press

~Fortessa Fortissimo soft-red wine glasses

~Buckingham tea kettle

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