Start Cooking (2024)

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Start with easy dishes like blended soup or tomato sauce for pasta. Nothing complicated, and a hand blender hides rough chopping! Recipes are great, but watching some easy to follow TV shows can help you understand a few simple ways to prepare and cook food.

Start with easy dishes like blended soup or tomato sauce for pasta. Nothing complicated, and a hand blender hides rough chopping! Recipes are great, but watching some easy to follow TV shows can help you understand a few simple ways to prepare and cook food.

1. Read the recipe. Of all the important advice out there about cooking, this by far has to be the number 1 rule of cooking: read your recipe completely before getting started. This may seem like a mundane task (especially when you're excited dive in!), but you'll be so thankful you took the time to do it!

Consider starting at the bottom and working your way up in a restaurant. Apply for entry-level positions like dishwasher, prepare cooking ingredients, or kitchen assistant. It will give you hands-on experience. It also allows you to observe professional chefs in action, and understand the dynamics of a kitchen.

A junior chef, also called the commis chef, works with station chefs to learn about the kitchen environment. This person has recently completed some schooling or training and is beginning to work in the culinary field.

First things first: Wash your hands. Washing your hands before you prepare food is one of the most important things you can do to reduce bacteria on your hands and on the food. Before preparing food, wash your hands in warm soapy water for about twenty seconds.

Some people love to cook. Others despise it. And many more fall somewhere in between. They might not mind cooking certain dishes, but it's also not something they get excited about.

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Wash hands thoroughly before you start preparing food and after every interruption - especially if you have to change the baby or have been to the toilet. After preparing raw foods such as fish, meat, or poultry, wash again before you start handling other foods.

Finger Placement

According to master chef Gordon Ramsay, you should always use the three-finger rule when cutting. This involves placing the knuckle of the middle finger in front of your index finger and ring finger. Not only is this how professional chefs hold their knives but it makes cutting so much safer.

You can help keep your family safe from food poisoning at home by following these four simple steps: clean, separate, cook and, chill.

Cooking doesn't come naturally for everyone, but if you allow yourself some time to practice, you'll eventually be able to gain the skills to make delicious meals from the comfort of your home!