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SUMMARY:Learn to Make Pâte à Choux with Pâtissière Flora Lazar
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LOCATION:Congregational Church of Salisbury, Library Street entrance, Sali
 sbury, CT 06068, United States
ROOM: Learn to Make Pâte à Choux with Pâtissière Flora Lazar
DESCRIPTION:Discover the magic of pâte à choux, the light, airy dough be
 hind some of the world’s most beloved pastries. In this hands-on class, 
 you’ll master the technique for creating perfect cream puffs, éclairs, 
 and savory gougères—learning how a few simple ingredients transform int
 o crisp, hollow shells ready to be filled with pastry cream, chantilly, or
  cheese. From piping to baking and filling, you’ll gain the confidence t
 o recreate these elegant classics at home and understand why choux paste r
 emains the foundation of French pastry artistry.In connection with Salisbu
 ry READS, we'll also share a morsel of culinary history about "T
 he Dining Room Where it Happened" and how Parisian cuisine helped sav
 e a young America from imploding, according to author and culinary biograp
 her Alex Prud'homme.The Scoville Library thanks the Congregational Ch
 urch of Salisbury UCC for their generous partnership in providing their k
 itchen for this event. This workshop is offered free to all participants
 , thanks to generous support from the Friends of the Scoville Library an
 d library patrons like you.  Registration is required. Flora Lazar is 
 a psychotherapist, writer, and chocolatier working in Salisbury (www.flora
 lazar.com).  Before becoming a therapist, Flora had a French confections 
 business and sold French confections at Chicago‘s premier juried farmers
  market, as well as in high-end retailers around the country (www.floracon
 fections.com). Flora was an invited food blogger for the Huffington Post (
 https://www.floraconfections.com/blog/) and the originator/producer of “
 Kings of Pastry,” an acclaimed film about France’s oldest and most pre
 stigious pastry competition, the “Meilleurs Ouvriers de France” (www.k
 ingsofpastry.com). The film aired on PBS, BBC and stations around the worl
 d, and was screened at the Berlin, Amsterdam, Full Frame Festivals, among 
 others.  Flora has traveled throughout France, observing France’s most 
 esteemed pastry chefs and chocolatiers at close range and absorbing their 
 pastry-Zen.This is a Salisbury READS event, presented in partnership wit
 h the Salisbury Association Historical Society in connection with the comm
 unity READ of Revolution Song by Russell Shorto. To learn more and see th
 e whole calendar of events, please visit Salisbury READS.
URL:https://www.scovillelibrary.org/event/taste-revolution-learn-make-pate
 -choux-patissiere-flora-lazar-413
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