Ashley Famous Culinary Arts Cooking School, Denver

When you're slicing, chopping, stewing, and searing in an Ashley Famous class, you're doing more than just cooking—you're getting skills that will last for a lifetime. Whether meeting new friends in a class, or organizing an instructional cooking party with loved ones, pupils get hands-on training. Classes include The Perfect Brunch, whose menu consists of cinnamon buns, oven eggs, Lithuanian potato dish kugelis, homemade sausage, and fresh, seasonal fruits. There's also The Essential Pasta, which covers traditional and gluten-free noodles alike; Entrees and Sauces; and the multi-level Bread Making course, which fans say is the best thing since sliced mounds of unbaked dough.