Acquiring new skills is the fastest way to earn experience levels in the offline role-playing game that is First Life. Up-level your cooking prowess with today's Groupon to Gaynor’s School of Cooking, located near Station Square. Choose from the following options:

• For $45, you get your choice of any one culinary class valued at $85 or less.
• For $195, you get a five-class Art of Fine Cooking series (a $395 value).

Since 1994, established Chef Gaynor Grant’s school has produced restaurant owners and caterers while remaining accessible to students of all skill levels and interests. Students who come to Gaynor’s know to expect more than an evening of culinary theater; ingredients and utensils are foisted into the eager hands of all who enter. Choose from a variety of specialized classes to bone up on international cooking, pierogie-making, pastries, and more. Or opt for the Art of Fine Cooking series for a comprehensive schooling in transforming humdrum meals into masterful cymbal-smashing hits.

Reviews

Gaynor Grant of Gaynor's School of Cooking (formerly Sweetwater Cooking) has been featured in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the I Heart PGH blog:

• I really liked the cooking. – Barbara G., Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• We were pretty much on our own with the recipes, and Gaynor floated between the two groups offering assistance or feedback as necessary. Not everyone in attendance was tremendously confident in the kitchen, so it was interesting for me as a participant-slash-observer to see the hits and misses, as well as the useful tips Gaynor provided. – Andrea, I Heart PGH