At a relaxed Monday night cooking club in the Kochlounge, an events space in the 4th district, novices can learn the art of what is now considered a working class staple.

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And while not specifically geared toward dining, US-based Sidetour offers other unusual eating experiences, such as market walks, cooking workshops and supper club outings.

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Instead, get up and go shopping, enroll in a yoga class, join a club sport, work out or take a cooking class with a friend.

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Bar staff are also being asked to wear T-shirts encouraging pub and club goers to have a takeaway rather than start cooking at home.

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There's also a cooking school, the 1849 homestead of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low and a jaunt to the Augusta National Golf Club.

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