Well shits to expensive and I’m finally home enough so I’m learning to cook. Turns out when your not being constantly criticized for existing, cooking isn’t nearly as terrible! (Trauma made me hate cooking).
So far I’ve been keeping it very simple. Store bought pasta, store bought sauce, put them together, that kind of thing. I think I’m getting ready to branch out and learn more.
I’d love to hear some things from those of you who know your way around the kitchen. If you have a recipe you love or, a story to tell or, a warning you learned the hard way or, a great website/cookbook/youtube channel or, anything else you feel like sharing.
I’m just here to learn some stuff, hear some stories and get some ideas to try. Thanks for having a fun cooking convo with me!
My significant other just bought his book! Thanks for the solid advice.
My partner bought me The Food Lab for my birthday, and I have never enjoyed a cookbook more. It feels like a textbook, which would turn some people off but I love haha. The other cookbook recommendations (and I’m sure someone else has said this) are the Joy of Cooking, and Salt Fat Acid Heat. Joy is a time-tested resource that can really help any new cook dive into the basics, and SFAH is a great dive into the building blocks of flavor.
Yeah The Food Lab arrived just after I commented that. I made a joke about it being a textbook because it’s so heavy 😂