I did not even notice that. Perhaps because it is so good.

 

dood puff some and go into the kitchen and just start throwin shit together

 

I do enjoy cooking, but I definitely can't do any of that with 5 other roommates. The kitchen is always filthy the day after it's cleaned. Any instantly edible food will be eaten no matter who's it is. I'm really not one to be a prick about these things, so I just eat out everyday. On the odd occassion when I do cook, I use the handy-dandy George Forman grill.

 

oil, vegetables, meat, soy sauce. these four can get you quite a lot of dishes.

very basic chinese food haha.

 

Salt and pepper goes a long way too.

 

stir-fry, as simple as it is, is a beautiful thing that never fails to impress if done right.

As stupid as this sounds, you won't be able to cook well unless you eat. A chef's most valuable tool is not his knife, its his tongue and his nose. Your cooking will only be as good as these two senses, so get out there and train them.

I generally try to stay with simple dishes and dress up from there.
After working as a sushi chef I've become highly disgusted with recent trends for overly saucy, complex flavored dishes.
Cook simple with salt & pepper, a couple herbs/spices for additional flavor and the only sauces I permit are from whats left in the pan.

IMO a lot of bad cooking may have more to do with bad treatment than bad sauces.
Let your meat rest before you cut into it, otherwise its like slicing into a water balloon and all that juicy flavor in that $12 cut of meat goes spilling out onto the plate instead of going into your mouth.

 

No expert here, but I enjoy cooking when I have the time. Started cooking freshman year in college. To me, it's the preparation, timing and presentation of the food. It's like art. Like what the others have said, keep practicing the same dishes on different people and don't take it personally when you ask them for their input. To me, the hardest thing is stir frying veggies. I have a tendency to over cook them. The thing with stir frying is that you need a nice wok with big fire.

 

any watch last season of top chef on bravo (yea i know its the gay and womens channel)? i would love to have the winner (hung) be my personal chef because he can cook a mean duck and is classically trained in french cuisine. additionally, he is the shit at cooking asian and asian fusion. i would love to have his knife skills.

 

You'd be betting correctly.

After practicing with some of the recipes in there, I'm quite useful in a kitchen.

After that, move on to "The Joy of Cooking," and the Betty Crocker Cookbook.

 

Also, the Rachael Ray 30-minute Meals cookbook has some good and easy recipes.