Learn To Cook

Do you enjoy cooking for friends or family? Or does the mere thought of using any implement in the kitchen other than the kettle and the microwave fill you with dread? If you fall into the latter camp, never fear, help is at hand, and there are a number of ways that you can improve your culinary skills that dont require too much time, skill or money.

Need Help? Just Ask.

The chances are that your friends and family know all about your poor performance in the kitchen, and they may even be willing to help you find your way around the problem. So dont be shy, reach out to them, and ask for assistance in this endeavour. There are many things they can do to help you, from teaching you how to master a basic recipe, such as scrambled eggs, or cooking pasta, to just helping you find your way around a modern kitchen by showing you what each implement does.

Get a Cook Book

There are hundreds if not thousands of cookbooks available at any time of year, and the trick is to find one that caters specifically for people who are learning to cook, or people that can only cook with a handful of ingredients. So have a look around and see what books are on offer, if you shop online, many sites have customer reviews of the recipes, and how easy they are. So start slowly, build yourself up and dont try to make anything too ambitious to begin with.

Go on a Cooking Course

There a cookery schools, night schools and college courses all over the country that offer people the chance to learn the basics or just improve the cooking skills that they already possess. Many of these are free or charge a small fee for ingredients, so they are open to cooks of all backgrounds and budgets, but if money is no option, then perhaps a cookery course that takes place abroad may be better for you. A weekend break with a cookery school is the ideal way to embark on a culinary crash course or just build the foundations of your cookery career.