Cooking

Introduction

I don't intend to become an expert chef. Far from it, what I would like to be able to do is have some fun cooking a wide range of things which are of interest to me. I expect that most of the time, in the form of house help or food which can be ordered in, I will be able to sustain myself. Therefore most of my cooking learning is with an explicit intention of being able to appreciate and have fun with whatever I'm cooking.
The overall process that I have attempted to go through involves the following steps:

- Understand different ingredients & foods
  - Their taste
  - How they cook and behave
- Understand your kitchen
  - How different vessels work
  - The heating, how they cook etc
- Start finding recipes that you like
  - Learn how to follow instructions
- Iterate
  - Learn the flavours, textures etc that you prefer
  - Learn how to create them
  - Learn how to improvise on instructions and cook the food you like

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