Cooking School

Location: The San Antonio campus of The Culinary Institute of America.

What it Entails: Ambitious cooks can pick up a host of new skills in as little as a weekend, thanks to the school’s intensive, hands-on two- to five-day Culinary Boot Camps. Choose your poison: making (even more) addictive mac-and-cheese and meatloaf in a two-day Comfort Foods course, spending three days on desserts, or taking a four-day tour of American regional cuisine (among other course options). 

The Details: Two-day Boot Camps from $895; ciachef.edu or 888/206-8425