Washington, DC

CulinAerie is Washington, DC's premier cooking school, located just six blocks from the White House and offering classes on everything from knife skills, baking pastry and wine and spirits.

Maryland

Learn to cook with Chef Michael Rork at the Town Dock Restaurant on the St. Michaels harbor. Each class includes a recipe book and meal with wine following the demonstration.

Bethesda’s Just Cakes, features cooking classes for children as young as five years old. Learn to bake and decorate cakes and cupcakes, gingerbread houses, cut-out cookies, pies and dinner rolls.

Virginia

Join the Country Inn Cooking School featuring the sophisticated southern cuisine of The Inn at Meander Plantation, an Orange, Virginia bed and breakfast. The two-day classes teach recipes and techniques for sumptuous, elegant and fun meals. Classes are led by Suzie Blanchard, chef/owner of the Inn and former food editor of 40 suburban Chicago weekly newspapers, and David Scales, executive chef of the Inn.

Learn to whip up perfect biscuits, breads and cakes in an unusual setting. A 1750s working grist mill in Raphine, Wade’s Mill is the charming locale for classes using the mill's own stone-ground flour.