You can learn more from a bad meal than a good one. Especially as a beginner, because cooking rarely goes perfectly every time. Maybe your rice gets gummy, the soup gets no flavor, the vegetables brown too quickly or maybe the chicken gets dry when you think it is done. But mistakes like these, though […]
Working with a knife is a game-changer. Clumsy cutting makes everything take longer, messier and exhausting before the pan is even warm, and it can feel overwhelming when you are first learning. But the truth is, you don’t need to get faster or develop complicated skills in order to become more confident with a knife. […]
Beginners typically assume that learning comes from constantly trying new recipes, but the truth is the kitchen teaches us more when we cook the same dish over and over. When we cook the same dish repeatedly, we reduce cooking noise. Rather than paying all of our attention to unfamiliar ingredients, new timing, or new techniques, […]
Trust rarely appears full blown. It is earned with repetition. Each time that you lower your heat, salt the pasta a little sooner, or leave your onion on the pan a few moments longer, you discover something new. That is great news for a new cook because your confidence is not dependent on having talent […]
