Best Cooking Class

Somewhere between a one-off class at a community center and a year of culinary school lies this brass-tacks boot camp, which teaches professional techniques to home cooks in just five sessions ($1,750, including food). You’ll come away with new mastery of the key skills—seasoning, knife tricks, plating—which you’ll use nearly every time you whip up … Read more

Best Wine Shop

While Andersonville’s In Fine Spirits provides serious competition, this smallish Old Town institution prevails, thanks to its passionate, personal service (five generations of Glunzes have curated the selection) and long-standing relationships with vintners from France to Lebanon. Uncork a summertime rosé—perhaps the 2014 Domaine de Triennes ($17), a cult favorite—on the pleasant sidewalk patio.