CookSingleNYC, Long Island City

It's no secret that residents of New York live busy lives. After spending the day engaged in this hectic lifestyle, it's easy to miss out the pleasure of a home-cooked meal. Enter CookSingleNYC—a culinary outfit designed to teach busy New Yorkers how to cook meals for themselves. Helmed by experienced instructors, each class of no more than six students is taught how to run their single-person kitchen using a variety of techniques. While the course primes students to cook at least two dinner-style meals—consisting of a meat and several side dishes—the technique-driven curriculum grants them the ability to cook just about anything. After eating their finished delectable creations, students are sent home with a booklet that contains tips, tricks, and other recipes to try at home.