CultureInside a French Cooking SchoolThe tools of sauce making: ladles, skimmers, and whisks.An advanced student prepares for lunch service.A student blanches savoy cabbage leaves.Sweating onions and reducing veal stock.Roasted bones and aromatics form the base of a veal stock.ADVERTISEMENTADADThe class gathers for a portrait.A bin of dirty pots and pans heads to the dishwasher.A student prepares a bordelaise sauce.A student tests their sauce.A chef-instructor poses for a portrait.ADVERTISEMENTADADThe makings of veal stock.Three finished sauces.Keep Reading22 Hotel Bars We Can’t Get Enough OfBy SAVEUR EDITORSThe Amazon’s Indigenous Ingredients Are Trending. But What Does That Mean for Its People?By MICHAEL SNYDERAlcohol and the Gut: Friends or Foes?By BETSY ANDREWS6 Life-Changing Train Trips to Take This YearBy BENJAMIN KEMPERThe Best Cruises for Food LoversBy RYAN MCCARTHYOur 10 Most-Read Food and Travel Stories of 2024By SAVEUR EDITORS12 Spectacular Cake Recipes for the Holidays and BeyondBy FRANCES KIMThe Bathtub Meal That Comedian Ilana Glazer Will Never ForgetBy ALYSE WHITNEYToasting SAVEUR’s Latest Issue in Houston, a Culinary Destination on the RiseBy JESSICA CARBONESee AllContinue to Next StoryADVERTISEMENTADAD