I like cooking but I don't know how to cook.

ehm you must try to cook don't just read but you don't try. you can cook if you want and you want to try cook. it's easy because you have some books of cook.

Pahak, since you have lots of recipe books, then you should practice to cook each recipe as often as possible. Then only you will be able to cook special recipe for special occasion. Everything needs practice to make it perfect. I also learned to upgrade my knowledge about a number of different types of recipes through practice. Hope to hear that you are able to cook varieties of recipes in future. Good luck to you...

HI Pahak! WOw! You got a collections of recipe books??? You should try to cook from the recipes my friend. If you don't try to cook them how could you know how to cook dishes you mentioned above??? I like to keep recipes from newspaper and when I want to cook different menus I will get it either from my collections or from the internet. With it's easy for me to try various kind of food but still it should be within my budget for sure~(^^)

Of course, if we are not accustomed to cooking those intricate dishes, it would be difficult to cook them for the first time. It is important that before trying to cook a recipe, you should understand the cooking terminologies. If you know the cooking term, then it will be easy for you to carry out the instructions, taking note specially of the measurements. Your first time may be perfect, but over time, it will be. Constant practice is a great way to learn.

One can learn cooking out of compulsion or out of necessity. You can also attempt by cooking as per recipe books. Best is to be guided by your parents or other relatives who know good cooking.

As you yourself had mentioned here that you can cook your daily meals so it means you can cook...The recipe books are not for reading they are to be followed. I think you are a bit afraid of trying new dishes..just try once..the simplest recipe which you can find you will get good results..even if you think its not going to work find classes for cooking and join it..It will certainly help you..

Before, honestly I really don't know how to cook any food, I can only do frying egg, hotdogs and other stuff.. but then when my mom got sick, and I can't rely on her soon, I pushed myself to learn about it.. I asked her every time I cook and she taught me about it.. I have gather so many recipe books and one by one I get to learn from it.. somehow I can now cook food for feast and other occasions.. the tool that I did was, I experiment and if I fail or the food doesn't taste good I'll repeat it again because I finally knew my mistakes..:0

Youtube.com likely has a lot of cooking videos you can watch. There are also many cooking shows on television if you get the right channels. Articles on the internet can help too. If you like to cook and also to eat, I think you will do very well as practice will make perfect.

It takes patience to learn cooking variety of meals. Recipe books are helpful but you must really take time experimenting and through this you will learn. It actually takes a lot of trials and errors before you can perfect your cooking but certainly if you really are serious in your desire to learn cooking you can always achieve expertise. You just have to invest time and effort.

Cooking is easy. Start with one recipe you know and make slight changes in it. Keep experimenting with tiny changes. You will see what works and what doesn't.

You like to cook, you have the recipe books but only like to read them and don't like what is in the books so in that case you can may be watch cooking shows on television you know.There are many great show on cooking nowadays and it is very easy to learn real delicious dishes from them.Initially you may find it difficult, following a T.V. show and cooking but after doing it a few times it will become a cakewalk.In no time you will be making heavenly dishes.

You want to say that you read recipes and you don't cook them? I don't understand how your appetite is not raised up while reading? Well, I put a lot of effort to cook a meal if I'm craving for it. The pleasure is so great at the end when the result is so tasty and the recipe has succeeded.

if you want to learn how to cook those meals served on feasts and banquets, you must be willing and patient and start doing it sometime,..if you do it always, you can become better at it..practice makes perfect...

Hi pahak, Happy New Year...I am with you I can cook also daily meals but not banquets meals either...But youn know what I don't need to cook banquets meals...It pretty to look at but some of that food looks like its to pretty to eat...As long as I am able to feed my family (when I cook) I am very gratedul...I save the banquets meals for the professionals. No way would I ever but that type of stress on myself...Now if there is some thing I see I would like to make sure I would give it a try but I do know that I am not a professional and even tho I might follow the receipe to the T there is still not guarantee that its going to come out looking or tasting like the picture... Oh well, that didn't come out so great, but I am stll a great cook and that I know.....

I can cook, but I wouldn't say I am good, but there are few dishes that I know I make it good and love ones like it! I also get nervous if I know I am cooking and there will be visitors coming, specially those aren't close to me! Maybe you should start cooking some of the dishes in your cookbook that you can cook during feast, you'll never know unless you try!

I am the same way. I went from my house to my boyfriends mom's house to a roommate's house so I never got the chance to experiment. I finally got my own apartment 3 years ago and ever since then I have been cooking. I do simple dishes and every so often maybe like once a month I will try something different. I have a bunch of recipe books so sometimes the dish sounds good but looks different and I have not really tried many dishes in the book. But my advice to you is to keep trying and different recipes and you will learn.

You can always try it at home. Slowly you will get to know the best way. but you should start cooking for yourself now...

Yes, I agree with you. I don't think many people do like to cook because all the food preparations do take a lot of time and effort to complete for the day. I like to try to learn how to cook and try to make all kinds of different dishes. I like to watch all kinds of cooking shows on television and read the recipes online too. I hope you are able to become a better cook as well.

Search some video tutorials, some are very good, that shows better how to do stuff. I wish you the best of the lucks.

Same dilemma here,I like to cook but I guess cooking don't like me lol.Maybe I should be more focus,passionate and determine to cook foods that I like to cook.I guess it will be a long learning process for me to cook really well.I usually ask my father to things to do cause he is really a good cook.