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Café Merlot – Rancho Bernardo

Cooking Classes for One, Two, or Four (Up to 63% Off)

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Sun Feb 24 07:59:59 UTC 2013
Value
$60
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  • Kitchen Couture
  • Always Learning

In a Nutshell

In group classes, pupils learn about making pizza, vegan food, dishes for spring, tapas, Italian food, or a range of other dishes

The Fine Print

  • Expires Jul 24, 2013
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Limit 1 per group per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Those who don't learn proper cooking techniques are doomed to a life of licking pages from fancy food magazines. Cause a stir with this Groupon.

Choose from Three Options

  • $29 for a cooking class for one (a $60 value)
  • $49 for a cooking class for two (a $120 value)
  • $89 for a cooking class for four (a $240 value)

The eatery’s schedule of cooking classes covers a broad range of topics. Sessions might focus on spring recipes that pair with chardonnays, vegan cooking, tapas, pizza, or wine-country dishes.

Café Merlot

Located between the barrel room and the vineyards at the historic Bernardo Winery, Café Merlot combines Europe cuisines with Southern California flare. Café Merlot co-owner Toni Kraft grew up in a home with the smells of baking bread, and counts planting, harvesting, and consuming fava beans with her grandmother among her fondest childhood memories. After a career in catering in the Midwest, where she worked alongside the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Wolfgang Puck, Toni brings an experienced but experimental philosophy to her current restaurant’s seasonally-changing menus. And with the help of executive chef Daniel Reynolds, Toni also helps with the cooking classes, which range from cooking with wine to Super Bowl snacks, spreads, and marinades.

The bistro uses the 123-year-old winery’s rustic surroundings to great effect. On the patio, olive trees and grapevines gossip above diners. Indoors, a warm-toned Tuscan ambiance welcomes guests. Sundays see Chef Daniel roll out some of his specialties on the brunch menu, such as lobster eggs benedict and Kahlua French toast, making the cafe an enticing destination for a romantic breakfast date or a confusing business meeting.

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Uh oh, you've done it again. You've angered that old farmer. You're going to have to run if you don't want to end up in the hog trough tonight. Here's the plan:

  • Bust through the back doors of the barn and head east toward the cow pasture. The rising sun will temporarily blind the farmer, causing him to dramatically pause and survey the landscape before pursuing you.

  • Use the time you've bought to jump the cow fence and head through the pasture. Roll underneath one of the cows, causing it to stand up on its hind legs, lift up its udders, and say "excuuuuuse me!"

  • Look behind you to see that the farmer is now pursuing you in a pickup truck, waving his pitchfork out the window. Let him catch you with the pitchfork right under the strap of your overalls and carry you on the pitchfork for about 100 yards.

  • Flail your arms as you dangle from the pitchfork.

  • As the farmer approaches the hogs' mud pile—where he'll surely stop short, flinging you off the pitchfork and into the mud—grab on a low-hanging tree branch. Swing your body off the pitchfork and up onto the branch, so that you can blissfully wave as the farmer looks back at you in surprise and accidentally runs his truck into the mud.

"That darn trickster tricked me into mud-stickin' my truck!"

Café Merlot

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    Rancho Bernardo

    13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte
    San Diego, California 92128
    (858) 592-7785
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