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ChefChip,
I e mailed you and don't know if you got it.... but I think you should share your wonderful tips on your blog or make a group where people can learn from your knowledge. I don't know if you will read this but I sure hope you do!
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AHERRINGTON
4/7/07 12:51 P
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| Watch Food TV Network! Just jump in there and practice, practice, practice! It's just food - not rocket science. Try some recipes from 3fatchicks.com.
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I started by simply watching my mother. Now that she is gone, I constantly ask myself...what would mom do?
Even after 6 years of school and three degrees!
There are some great videos of instruction on the web..
I agree with everyone else...GOOGLE
I really should buy some stock
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Hi Yara...
Didn't mean to step on toes...I thank you for sharing your experiences, we can all learn from one another.
Even Escoffier said he would be learning untill the day he died.
I continue to learn.
Keep cooking!
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| I started with a betty crocker and a pillsbury cookbook these are very easy and it will answer the most basic questions. I find the more you cook the better you get at it.
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CHELSADILLA
4/7/07 3:48 A
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| I second the websearch strategy! Google is your friend. Also, allrecipes.com has some helpful articles in the "tips and advice" section. www.viewdo.com has some videos in the "food and drink" section, although most of them are about how to cut and slice veggies and the like
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AHERRINGTON
4/1/07 10:54 P
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| Chef, I think I could learn a lot from you! Yu fascinate me . . . I guess I'm a Chef Wannabe!
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Chef,
you seem to be a great expert on this. I was just trying to explain what I do sometimes in cooking.
Thanks for your lovely tips
Yara
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Yara,
Substituting water for stock is alright, however you can lose a lot of calories by simply skimming the fat off of the stock.
In cooking flavor is key, and developing subtle layers of flavor is the way to treat your tongue (as well as tumy) right.
Adding herbs to a base (broth, stock, etc.) is a great idea, but most peopledon't know when to add them.
They either add them too early, so all of the essential oils are lost due to volatility, or they add them too late. this causes coarse textures and unpleasant flavors.
I find the rule, that if you add a pinch at the beginning and the remainder about 2 minutes prior to finishing you end up with a wonderful flavor.
This is not entirely true if you are producing a large amount of stock and you use a bouquet garni...Escoffier was a genius after all.
Just my two cents
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I think cooking is very easy, even if you were new to it.
Cooking is a matter of trying different ingredients and making up spices and tastes that get along together.
To cook healthier, you can always substitute your basic ingredients that are the butter, ghee or oil to healthier ones like Olive oil, Flax and butter alikes.
You can also use water instead of Stock and by adding a bit of herbs, your sauce get tastier and richer.
Yara
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BLAISEMELODY
3/31/07 8:50 P
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Try hillbillyhousewife.com
I've learned a lot from Ms Maggie, even how to make my own bread from scratch.  
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AHERRINGTON
3/31/07 12:39 P
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| I have no idea where you are . . . but I wish we were near each other! I would enjoy teaching you and I'm certainly no pro. I'm just a cooking advocate! Do you have a family member (mom, grandmother, aunt) nearby that you could just watch while they cook? I learned a lot that way many years ago. If not, just jump in there and try! Many a lesson is learned by mistakes!!! Good luck!
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LONGHORNLIZZIE
3/31/07 12:24 P
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| Ditto on the Betty Crocker cookbooks.
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Hi,
Where xxxxx = a food item;
If you enter "how to cook xxxxx" in your web browser you'll get a good selection of sites that will show you how to cook xxxxx.
how to cook eggs
how to cook turkey
how to boil water
how to grill xxxxx
how to bake cake
how to freeze leftover
Another option for you, is to go to your local library and look for 'learn to cook' books.
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One more idea is to get a Betty Crockercookbook. It is a wonderful first book. You can easily read it while you cook.
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Here's a link to Food Network's Basic Cooking Demo page. Some of them are probably a little too gourmet, but it has some good basics! There are also other areas on the site where they have nice demo videos of entire recipe prep.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/ck_dm_basic/0,1971,FOOD_9799,00.html
Here's an even better one! I don't think she misses anything. Of course, you can tailor recipes to meet your healthier standards (like the butter in the scrambled eggs). I will have to spend more time on this one when I get a chance:
http://www.deliaonline.com/cookery-school/
I'm sure there's lots of other great stuff out there...I need to study, though ;) Let me know what you think!
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MYNICKNAME44
3/11/07 6:33 A
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I'm recently single and I'm not much of a cook. I'd love to try some of the recipes but they require a certain basic level of cooking skills.
Is there a place on this web site or somewhere else on the web that can provide very detailed instructions on how to prepare healthy food ( e.g. a chicken breast, scrambled eggs, etc)
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