There are a lot of resources but I recommend YouTube. I learned mostly from my mom but I watched Gordon Ramsay make scrambled eggs one day in a YouTube video and I’ve made them his way ever since (sorry, Mom!). I think it’s easier to learn when you can see what to do instead of reading and trying to figure out unfamiliar terms like the difference between “whisk in” and “fold in”. I would search for the classic chefs like Julia Child or [Jacques Pepin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aum0J394BNw) and even Martha Stewart.


You’re smart to make this effort. Cooking is a skill that you can use every day of your life. You can impress people with it and keep yourself happily fed. When people ask (here) what one skill they should learn the usual answers are things like speaking a foreign language or playing an instrument and those are fine but really, how often are you going to speak Italian after you’ve learned it? Cooking is a practical skill. It’s also one of the few things (along with gardening) that is both an art and a science. Not only can you perfect cooking techniques but you can also allow your creativity to run wild as you ‘plate’ your food or when you create your recipes.


Most ‘cooking’ shows these days are pretty useless for learning how to cook. Most of them now are game shows with chefs as contestants or they show a second-rate celebrity from the 1980s preparing a dinner party but you can find some actual cooking lessons on public television, shows like *Cook’s Kitchen* or *America’s Test Kitchen*.