“Sometimes Dinner Is Just Good and Not a Revelation.”
Learning to cook for yourself at home is a valuable skill that can save you money and please others. Learning can be daunting, but getting better is all about doing it, not making the best food of your life every time.
In this age of culinary porn and gourmet television, it’s easier than ever to cook better, and that’s a psychological problem. It is difficult to find the motivation to cook for yourself, when you know that you can not cook something nicer than your favorite chef on TV or a local restaurant takeaway . Food52’s Marian Bull shares a few tips to help you overcome mental blockage:
Every time in the kitchen, you are introduced to the different elements that make up a wealth of knowledge. You will learn how to clean as you go – this is good advice. You will learn that fried cheese will burn over very high heat before the cheese starts to melt. Maybe next time you clean up everything or finish the sandwiches in the oven. You will find out that seasonal produce (like foods found at a farmers’ market, foods not made in the other hemisphere) tastes better. You will learn that sometimes dinner is just good and doesn’t have to be a revelation. It was very important for me.
The main thing is to just keep cooking. Will your dinner be delicious tonight? Maybe, but probably not, and that’s okay. Over time, you will gain weight and realize what you are good at and what you love to cook. You may want to taste freshly prepared food and yell, “Oh my God, this is awesome!” but you never get to that if you cook a bunch of mediocre dishes.