[singer4660]

Before anyone gets nervous, I'm not selling anything. I have noticed however that there are a number of threads on here (see "Practical Knife Skills", "I want to learn to cook" etc) where people are looking for DVDs, books and other learning materials. If they're like me, they would prefer to learn from a person rather than a book, but don't have access to formal culinary instruction. My question is...if it were possible to find local individuals who could teach you the specific things you wanted to learn in the kitchen, would that be a better solution? If it is a better solution, what's it worth to you?

Again, not selling anything. I'm just curious to see if I'm only the one that has wished I could find someone to teach me that one thing I really want to know without having to travel 4 hours to the nearest culinary school or pay for a lot of other instruction I don't need. Your thoughts?