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Now is the perfect time to pick up a new hobby. Here’s a short and simple masterclass that will spark a life long love of cooking.
Three Key Elements of Cooking
The art of preparing food takes practice, patience, and passion. It’s sometimes hard to get in the mood, especially if you are dedicating hours to the work. The following suggestions are selected to put you in the right mind to start your life long relationship with the art.
Environment
Before you start, you want to make sure you’re in the proper environment. Not just physically, but emotionally. Not everyone is meant to cook Michlin star meals. But that doesn’t mean your meals can’t be simple and delicious.
1. Great British Cooking Show
Food is about community and being inspired by other cooks. This show creates the perfect atmosphere that you want to begin cooking in. You shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help as there are definitely no stupid questions when it comes to food. Cross-contamination is a deadly mistake that can easily be avoided. Other cooking shows rely heavily on competition, associating cooking with a high-speed quality that is not ideal when learning.
2. Rebecca Brand
There is a way to make cooking too simple. Rebecca Brand’s comedic YouTube channel calls attention to a lot of important tasks in cooking that shouldn’t be skipped. For example, thawing out frozen meat at least an hour before starting. Skipping this step may result in chicken with a raw center.
3. Gordon Ramsey Cooking At Home
Cooking does not always have to be a solitary task. Asking for help doesn’t diminish your accomplishments. Gordon Ramsey demonstrates this by posting videos of himself making meals in his own kitchen with his family.
Supplies
Some of the best cooks prepare all their supplies before starting. The following shows layout essential ingredients for all the best dishes. It’s important to know the value of these ingredients and how they add to your dish.
1. Salt Fat Acid Heat
This Netflix series focuses on the key aspects that make a good dish: salt, fat, acid, and heat, or spice. Follow cook, teacher, and author Samin Nosrat as she travels the world to better understand these essential qualities of food.
2. Good Eats
Let Alton Brown teach you all the basics of cooking and the reasons behind them. Brown gets up close and personal with ingredients we use every day. If you ever asked yourself why a cake needs eggs, this is the show for you.
3. BON APPÉTIT
There are plenty of corners to cut while preparing your favorite meals. Pre-made ingredients found in grocery stores will cut down your meal prep. However, this YouTube channel will show you that most consumer goods are better made at home. Bon Appétit remakes store-bought products into gourmet dishes. And they never regret it.
Passion
The final key to mastering cooking is to harbor a passion for it. Once you get the basics down, your instincts take over and that’s when the magic really begins. At this point, you can begin creating your own recipes out of your favorite flavors.
1. Binging With Babish
Here is a YouTube channel that will spark your passion for cooking and film. This chef tries to make dishes from his favorite shows, such as Adventure Time, Bob’s Burgers, and Community. Are there any plates you have seen made on TV that you have always wanted to try?
2. Ugly Delicious
This Netflix documentary series shows us what it means to have a strong relationship with food. Chef David Chang illustrates all the ways that food affects his life. Whether it’s what he will feed his first child, or what his friends eat with their family. Chef Chang hunts down the origin of many dishes and different methods of cooking.
3. Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the number one documentary recommended by chefs. Jiro was born to make sushi, harboring an inherent passion for the cuisine from the very beginning. Jiro is a great example of how a passion for preparing food can lead to new and mouthwatering dishes for the world to enjoy.
Now Get Cooking!
Tiny Chef salutes you. And I wish you a safe, stress-free cooking experience.
