But I do think that being a better cook might well improve the luxury component of RWOL. I wanna be like sykesix.

LOL! I'm taking my first ever cooking class tonight. Its a little spendy, $45 for a three hour class and I'm not sure it will improve my life experience by $45 or not, but I am looking forward to it. The guy teaching it used to cook at the French Laundry and the Herbfarm.

After poking around a bit, I found there are tons of cooking class locally. Some of them are taught in cooking supply stores, but lots of them are taught in private homes. I this works out okay, I might try another.

The Herbfarm cookbook is my all time favorite, btw:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684839768/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/102-9726999-7570523