Cooking up gourmet adventures across the West

A guide to the hotels, resorts and other locales in the West that offer travelers hand's-on cooking lessons. Cooking classes are sprouting like shiitake mushrooms across the West, often in gorgeous locations. For travelers who want to plan their gourmet adventures, we've found restaurants, hotels, lodges, resorts and culinary academies where they can improve their home-chef skills with hands-on ...

Cooking Classes for kids with food allergies

Kids Cooking Classes Instructors: Katie Bauer, MA, CNE, CH, Owner of Nourished Health Nutrition Therapy and of Nourished Health Cooking School and Lynn Spishak, President of the Gluten Intolerance Group of Colorado Cost:Cost is only $25 for one child and $20 for each additional kid (friend or family). Classes are for ages 7-14. Click here to register. Let the fun begin! Allergic kiddos deserve ...

The power of cooking skills

How letting children cook helps them eat better

Cooking becomes popular among male retirees

Men from the generation that worked hard to turn Japan into an economic powerhouse are increasingly turning to cooking classes as a retirement activity, even though housework was considered strictly women's work back in their day. Some male retirees sign up for cooking classes to maintain social contact, while others simply want to prepare meals for their families — something they lacked the ...

Gathering continues with cooking classes [gallery]

Karin Chott of Seattle tastes a Southwestern sauce made by Michael J. Ronstadt Wednesday during the Traditions from the Ronstadt Family Table cooking workshop.