Why take a Zingerman's baking class? Toledo Talk "thread":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/173335/Westfield_vs_Levis_Commons about malls, shopping, and gift ideas. I suggested: " "Zingerman's baking classes":http://www.bakewithzing.com make great gifts. Nothing to ship." A user responded: q. I'm afraid if I gave cooking classes of any kind it might be misinterpreted. Like the vacuum or the exercise bike. q.. My response: more. Misinterpreted how? Like, why learn something new and how to make good food, taught by one of the most interesting food-related businesses in the region? Depends upon the household, I guess. They're great gifts for my wife and me. I've taken three Zingerman's classes. Gifts. And most of the other students in my classes received the classes as gifts. My wife completed a class last week. It was one of my Christmas gifts to her. How can someone not like an 8-hour class on how to make Zingerman's breads with a chance to use their wood-fired brick oven? I'll gladly receive more of these misinterpretations. So if you know someone who likes gardening, canning, brewing, baking, or just +making+ in general and appreciates handmade, quality items, then that person will probably enjoy a Zingerman's class, and he or she will meet similarly like-minded people. Obviously, many local orgs and businesses offer classes on many subjects, which also make great gift ideas. So justread, if buying me a baking class feels weird, I'd gladly receive gift classes for: * intermediate crochet * intermediate watercolor painting * intermediate mountain dulcimer * beginning welding I've always wanted to learn welding. Someday. I like insects, so I'll terrorize and annoy the neighbors with metal monsters. And I'll resist "making acetylene bombs.":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/13/2668#31373 #food - #education - #howto - #blog_jr