Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.
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If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions.
Once you know the fundamentals of cooking, then you don't need to follow a recipe - you just know what herbs go well or what meats, or what combination of what goes together, and then you can just branch out from there. But if there's something specific that I want to make, I work on the recipe and tweak it to my own.
Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.
I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.
You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.
That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do.
I'm trying to learn how to cook.
I'm not sure I'd write a good cookbook, but I might make a good cooking show.
Always look for the best ingredients, treat the food you cook with respect, always read the entire recipe first, be organized, and have fun.
There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.
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