The best Black Friday deals on classes

No matter how you serve it—melted on top of margherita pizza or served cold in a caprese salad—mozzarella cheese is a crowd-pleaser. Here’s a revelation: even novice cooks can make creamy mozzarella at home. The fromage experts at Murray’s Cheese will show you how it’s done.

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This course should be mandatory for anyone who gets a new DSLR this holiday season. It’s time to switch off auto mode, and start experimenting with exposure, shutter speed, white balance and depth of field. Your snaps are about to go from so-so to totally Insta-worthy.

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Sugar fiends will have already heard of chef Christina Tosi’s Momofuku Milk Bar, the bakery responsible for naked cakes, cereal milk, and a whole host of inventive sweets. Milk Bar offers a range of classes to show you how to assemble some of their most iconic desserts: birthday cake, crack pie, pumpkin pie cake and more. Did we mention you get to take your creations home?

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If the last time you touched a set of watercolors was elementary school, it’s time to let your inner child out to play. This workshop provides all the supplies and instruction you need to create an artistic masterpiece, whether you’re a total newbie or experienced painter.

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‘Tis the season for holiday decorating, after all. If your style is more Etsy and bespoke than glitz and glam, why not try your hand at making your own ornaments this year? CraftJam provides all the materials you need to stencil and paint five wooden ornaments. They also make great gifts—if you're willing to part with them!

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Craft beer geeks, do we have the class for you. Bitter and Estes—a Brooklyn brewshop that specializes in home brewing—offers a three-hour workshop on brewing your own suds from scratch. It covers all the basics: ingredients, fermentation, bottling, conditioning and more. You could be sipping homemade suds in less than a month.

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YouTube tutorials can only get you so far, ladies. Take your contour game to the next level with a weeklong class taught by legitimate makeup artists. Plus, you get a professional makeup set and 25 high-quality brushes. Score!

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Listen, we’re all about a greasy $1 slice, but there’s something special about homemade pizza. Warm from the oven and customized with all your favorite toppings, it’s the ultimate comfort food—and so fun to make. In this class at the Institute of Culinary Education, the pros will give you the lowdown on both thin- and thick-crust pies.

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As the saying goes, it takes two to tango, so grab a friend or special someone for this class. Whether you’ve got the rhythm or not, you’ll be sashaying around the floor by the end of the night. Date night just got a whole lot spicier.

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Everyone has that friend—the one who brags about their highly developed palate but couldn’t chop a garlic clove to save their life. Treat them to an introduction to knife skills course for the holidays. They’ll gain some solid culinary know-how, and who knows? Maybe you’ll get a home-cooked meal out of it.

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