Welcome to Montecito Country Kitchen; Santa Barbara’s unique Mediterranean flavored cooking school and culinary on-line boutique. From delicious classes showcasing the fragrant seasonal produce of local farmers’ markets to an enticing line of Mediterranean cookbooks, culinary herbs, spices, sea salts, olive oils, balsamic vinegars, unique gift baskets, Mauviel Copper Cookware and more, Montecito Country Kitchen brings you the essence of cooking in California.
A New Salt Product from MCK CUISINE:
It's fragrant, aromatic, unusual and entirely delicious - Espresso Salt - A salt like no other, now available from MCK Cuisine. Click on the salt button - in the cook's pantry - to discover more.
COOKING WITH THE SEASONS WITH PASCALE BEALE-GROOM
The Third in a Series of Four Seasonal
Cook Books
"Pascale’s cooking is natural, unforced, and free flowing, showing her love of cooking and respect for culture and taste. Her Caramelized Fig and Goat Cheese Tart begs to be made; merely reading her recipe will drive you to the kitchen. Her suggested menus are sensible, do-able, and enticing. Her cooking schedule—the game plan—for each recipe will give you a quick overview of what you’re doing when.
"When you read that figs are succulent and voluptuous you immediately think “indeed.” At every step, as you read her instructions for the fig and goat cheese tart recipe, your mouth will water. When the onions are caramelized, when the butter is melted with the honey and the quartered figs are coated, when the puff pastry is brushed with egg, when the egg and mozzarella mixture is spread and the rows of figs laid down, you know you are in the hands of a master.
"This is a cookbook filled with memories and good food, a cookbook you can cook from with confidence and joy. As autumn descends and nights are chilly your hearth will be warmed by the evocative and delicious food of Pascale Beale-Groom."- Clifford A. Wright
The Delicious ‘Summer’ Mediterranean Cookbook
The Second in a Series of Four Seasonal
Cook Books
"This book is clearly set out and beautifully illustrated. The photographs are warm and stimulating. The text has clear timing principals and instructive tips on perfecting dishes. Even more elaborate ones, such as the Summer Terrine are explained in easy steps, making each succulent layer clear and concise.
"From the pleasures of Provence in the guise of the Beignets de Courgettes et d’Aubergines to a taste of the Pacific in the succulent shape of the Cured Salmon with Mesclun Salad, this Mediterranean cookbook book is the perfect summer feast". - Michel Richard
Santa Barbara's reknowned cooking school
Montecito Country Kitchen - Ecole de Cuisine specializes in cooking classes based on the foods of Provence and the Mediterranean.
During the cooking classes, students cook a 3 or 4 course meal together and then enjoy the fruits of their labor as we sit down to lunch togther. Every class is unique as menus are not repeated.
Santa Barbara's reknowned cooking school
