"Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science and craft of using heat to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe."
Basic cooking skills and meal planning techniques.
Kitchen Equipment: Understanding the basic kitchen equipment necessary to cook and prepare meals.
Cooking Methods: Learning the different cooking methods such as boiling, frying, baking, etc.
Herbs and Spices: Understanding how to use and combine herbs and spices to enhance flavor.
Meal Planning: Establishing a plan for preparing meals in advance in order to save time and money.
Food Safety: Learning about food borne illness and how to prevent it through proper handling and storage of food.
Healthy Eating: Understanding how to balance meals and make healthy food choices.
Ingredient Substitutions: Learning how to substitute ingredients when a specific ingredient is not available.
Knife Skills: Learning the proper techniques for using a knife safely and effectively.
Cooking Techniques: Understanding how to properly saute, stir fry, roast, and grill food.
Meal Prep: Preparing food in advance to save time during meal preparation.
Baking: Learning the basics of baking, such as measuring ingredients, mixing batter, and baking times.
Recipe Adaptation: Adapting recipes to accommodate dietary restrictions or personal preferences.
Flavor Profiles: Understanding how to balance flavors and create complex flavor profiles.
Ethnic Cuisines: Learning about different ethnic cuisines and their distinctive flavors and cooking techniques.
Presentation: Learning how to present food in an appetizing and visually appealing way.
Meal Budgeting: Establishing a budget for meal planning and meal prep.
"Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting local conditions."
"Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments."
"Archeological evidence of cooking fires from at least 300,000 years ago exists, but some estimate that humans started cooking up to 2 million years ago."
"The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients."
"The invention of pottery for holding and boiling of water expanded cooking techniques."
"Some modern cooks apply advanced scientific techniques to food preparation to further enhance the flavor of the dish served."
"The art, science and craft of using heat to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe."
"Grilling food over an open fire."
"In people's own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments."
"Archeological evidence of cooking fires."
"The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients."
"The invention of pottery for holding and boiling of water expanded cooking techniques."
"Some modern cooks."
"More palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe."
"Grilling food over an open fire," "using electric stoves," "baking in various types of ovens."
"In restaurants and other food establishments."
"At least 300,000 years ago."
"Many new ingredients."
"Holding and boiling water."