I miss Sur La Table in White Plains! Thanks for mentioning this one.

I've gone up to the CIA in Hyde Park to take classes and adored them. The baking workshops were basic (but delicious), but the real fun was a multi-day bootcamp where they really let us loose in the kitchens. We started with reviewing the menus in a classroom and talking food science, then got to the kitchen with a little direction and a lot of support. Really felt like a pro walking around that classroom and trying new things. (To do that one I got a hotel up there so I didn't have to drive back and forth.)