A Modern Take on Mother Sauces: Discounted Class

This post is sponsored by Craftsy in a partnership with Foodie with Family. All opinions are mine and mine alone!

I’ve mentioned before just how much love I have for Craftsy classes and I have another great one to share with you today. Sauce making can be an intimidating process if you haven’t had someone to show you the saucy ways unless you’ve worked in a kitchen or had a great sauce maker in the family. So where do you turn if you want to learn to make classic sauces or buff up your sauce making skills? The Craftsy class “A Modern Take on Mother Sauces” with James Peterson is just the thing to help you out.

James Peterson is the accomplished culinary instructor, chef, and James Beard Award winning author of several cookbooks and writer of The French Culinary Institute’s advanced curriculum. If there is anyone in the world who can teach you the ins and outs of sauce making, it’s James Peterson, and Craftsy has him on board! I’ve mentioned it before, but one of the unique advantages of the Craftsy platform is that you can interact with the instructors. James Peterson is available to answer your questions and even mentions at the beginning of the class that he can help you troubleshoot something that went wrong if you take a picture of your failed sauce and send it to him. This extensive course never expires, is available whenever you’d like to watch it, can be watched as many times as you’d like, and allows you to pause, rewind, or fast forward at your leisure.

What’s covered in the class?

James Peterson instructs you on both the basic mother sauces and variations on them. The mother sauces covered in this course include:

• Béchamel
• Beurre Blanc
• Tomato Sauces
• Brown Sauces
• Velouté
• Mayonnaise & Aoli
• Hollandaise and Béarnaise

He also covers some amazing variations on these themes {like herb infusions or cheese sauces} and offers some classic (and innovative) recipes with which you can serve the sauces, and the equipment needed to turn out all of these lovely sauces.

Why take a sauce making class?

The simple fact is that good food becomes great food when accompanied by a well made sauce! If you want to take your food to the next level, sauce making skills are mandatory. Don’t forget, too, that Thanksgiving and the other major food holidays are right around the corner. Great sauce making equals great gravy making, and Thanksgiving feasts -at least at la Maison de Foodie with Family- are at least half gravy.

It’s true. You have to practice, practice, practice to perfect your sauce making, but it’s great to have a renowned chef instructor like James Peterson in your corner to help tutor you to greatness.

The Discount

Craftsy is generously extending a 50% discount off of the normal $39.99 class fee to all Foodie with Family readers, taking the price to $19.99! Simply click the following link (or the photo of the course card above) to hop on over to Craftsy and take advantage of this wonderful offer. Enroll by Sunday, October 26th, 2014 to take advantage of the 50% off. You don’t have to start the class right away, but the sale price won’t last forever!

Exclusive Foodie with Family 50% off Discount Code for A Modern Take on Mother Sauces with James Peterson on Craftsy

I made these for our family’s breakfast the other day. How ’bout that? Thank you, James Peterson!