This post is a win on many levels.

 

 

In college, I got hungry. For my birthday one year, I asked for a set of pans and a subscription to Bon Appetite. I looked at the mag, got hungry and made what looked good. The directions are easy and the pictures inspirational. Sure, you can surf the net to find a decent recipe, but you have to be looking for something. Having a cooking magazine around helps spark direction. I find Cooks Illustrated to be a better technical magazine-how to cook, but Bon Appetite is a better motivator.

After the pictures, what got me inspired was booze. I would be in a rum mood and decide to either make a rum-based sauce or meal that paired with rum. Grilled swordfish with a mango-kiwi salsa comes to mind.

As far as pans go, I picked up mine at Target for about $100. 15+ years later I still have them and reach for them whenever I cook. Skip the non-stick stuff, they really handicap browning and sauce-making.

 

Get a copy of Cooking for Dummies and some cookware and dive in.

It's quite easy if you can follow simple directions.

I'm blessed by having married an excellent cook. So's she.

 

How sneaky of you

That Cooking for Dummies is actually fantastic for foundation recipes from which to deviate and make your own. Even has things as simple as "How to Hard Boil an Egg." Lots of great basics food prep ideas and simple, good recipes to start with.

Good tip.

 

ode to the george foreman grill

you saved me from microwave dinners
and shady, overpriced drive-thru
you helped me cut the cost
of my cheese burger addiction
and for that, I sincerely thank you
your bun warmer toasts my buns
and your grease catcher traps the fat
I slap on the cheese, american or cheddar
I douse you with ketchup, mayo and hot sauce
now perfectly assembled, behold burger bliss
but none of this would be possible
without your grillolicious goodness
and for that, george foreman grill
it's for that, I sincerely thank you

 

Try this. Tried lots of em. They are all great.


http://www.foodnetwork.com/guy-fieri/recipes/index.html


Jambalaya sandwich is the ULTIMATE Super Bowl Party recipe.

 

I freaking hate Good Eats. God he's so annoying.

 

I am a mad scientist when it come to cooking.
Here is a good website, lots of recipes.

http://foodgawker.com/

 

Look to see if a local community college has courses,alottas times they'll offer classes on handling an proper use of knives and cooking techniques,aswell as the basics of meat,soups and sauces and other things.

I've found the best cookbooks to be the regional cookbooks that usually delve into the culture and history of food in that region,be wary though alotta the recipes in said books require shopping at specialty markets to get the right ingredients and the selection process of the ingredients can be a bit overwhelming for a noob.