Do you have a big milestone coming up such as a 40th or 50th birthday? Then why not spend an afternoon taking a class with friends!

Have you always wanted to learn how to roll sushi or make fresh pasta? Now's your chance. Celebrate your big milestone by taking a class with your pals!
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40th or 50th Milestone
- Do a search for cooking or culinary schools in your area or look for a chef or cooking school instructor that offers private lessons.
- Some schools such as the Way Cool Cooking School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota offer themed classes such as a "Desperate Housewives Party", "Chili Cook-Off" or a "Mama Mia That's Italian."
- If you're lucky enough to find a class with a theme, you can build the whole experience around that, choosing invitations and fun favors to match.

There's no better favor to give your friends than a cookbook after you've spent the afternoon cooking together.
If the chef or school that gave the class has a book, buy a copy for each of your guests and give it to them as a favor.
If not, we recommend Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor From Simple Ingredients.
If the chef or school that gave the class has a book, buy a copy for each of your guests and give it to them as a favor.
If not, we recommend Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor From Simple Ingredients.
- In Ina Garten's latest cookbook, she shares her secrets for getting back to cooking basics.

Although taking traditional cooking classes can be great, there are so many different other options out there too--you just have to get creative! Here is a list of our five fave classes to take with friends to celebrate a 40th or 50th birthday party.
- 1. Jewelry Making Class
- 2. Cake and Cookie Decorating Class
- 3. Golf Lesson
- 4. Scrapbooking Class
- 5. Ballroom Dancing Lesson














