Have you dined at the wonderful new Zola restaurant in downtown Palo Alto, which has been garnering rave reviews?

If not, you can get a taste of its comforting French-California cuisine when its chef-owner, Guillaume Bienaime, joins me for a cooking demo at 2 p.m. March 14 at Macy’s Valley Fair.

Bienaime opened Zola late last summer. After years of cooking at fine-dining restaurants, including Marche in Menlo Park, he wanted to create a more personal venue with food that spoke to his heritage and used the best local ingredients.

The result is the type of warm and welcoming bistro that you wish every city had. You’ll enjoy a taste when he creates a signature dish, which you’ll get to sample. You’ll also receive the recipe to take home.

The free cooking demo takes place in the culinary kitchen on the main floor of the Men’s and Home store.

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