How did you learn to cook?

I initially learned if from my grandmother. Then later my mother. But from my mum, I learned more baking than cooking. After that, it is mostly TV. From Martin Yan in Yan can cook to Stephen Yan in Wok with Yan to the all time famous Hong Kong Fang Tai and all her chinese cuisines. And as I grew up, I will watch whatever cooking show is on TV just to pick up a few tricks here and there.

hi, my mother is a great cook,she can cook almost all dishes specially our native dish-filipino dishes.though she cooks well i never learned from her .when i was still single i don't care if she's cooking or not and don't even bother to learn to cook.i am more interested in fixing or cleaning our house.but when i got married i realized that i need to learn to cook, so i ask some good recipes to my mom and ask for some cooking tips.. but because i wanted to learn more so i bought a couple of recipe books and from there i learned cooking different dishes and sometimes search online for some other yummy recipes.but i still prefer my old recipe books because its handy and i can read it from time to time.but hey i can cook now but i know im not as good as my mom, i still needs a lot of practice LOL

Did not learn cooking from anyone as I did not really know how to cook or never discovered I could cook till I got married. After I got married I started to cook. I asked my mum for some tips on the dishes I wanted to cook, checkout recipes and instructions online and also asked friends especially the older women for tips. And I am glad and happy to say that I can cook and to see my husband enjoying the food I cook is makes my day.........

i started out learning how to cook from mom, then took home economics in high school, then worked in restaurants and other food prep facilities, but most o0f it now is just by going from recipes in book form and recipe web sites.

i learned to cook when I was about 10 years old. I was taught by my grandfather on a wood stove. The various the first thing that I learn to cook was bread. Then he taught me porridge. Then I started learning harder things. Like casserole, I found making macaroni and cheese was hard.

I learnt how to cook at school. Everybody in grades 7 and 8 (I don't think grade 6's take it) have to take family studies for half the year. In family studies you learn all about nutrition, different untensils you use in the kitchen and what they are used for, and even cook foods and learn recipes. It got me started. My mother and father also taught me a little something about cooking. My father taught me how to make biscuits and my mother taught me what not to do when cooking.

My mother taught me and I learned from cooking on my own. I think it helped a great deal to make the recipes or food myself, I learn by doing and I think most people do. Whenever I see or taste a food that is good I might ask for the recipe, yes. There are still a couple of foods that I don't know how to cook but I am sure if I had a recipe then I could make it. Now, I can learn to cook something just by reading the recipe rather than asking someone how to make it. I remember my mother taught me how to make gravy, for biscuits and gravy. She showed me one time, and the next time I made it, it turned out pretty good. Ever since then I can make pretty good gravy. Although to be honest my mothers is better. I love her biscuits and gravy. Well her gravy, I have to watch her on the bread. She tends to burn bread. Every time we are having some type of bread, she always tells me to watch it, so that she doesn't burn it. I think she forgets it is in the oven or something. I can make pretty good cakes, I don't know why. Ever since I started making them, my family has told me that they turn out really moist. I tend to burn cookies though. It's almost like a remedy with me. Whenever I make cookies, one batch always burns. Most of my food turns out pretty good I think, in my opinion. I'm no chef, but it's decent food.

hello mermaidivy i guess that i learned most of my cooking from my Grandma when that she was still alive. i used to go often on the weekends to spend the night at her trailer. she would cook anything for me that i wanted. you name it. and she never needed a recipe or a cookbook either when she went to cook something. i have a few recipes that i fix for dinner right now, that i have fixed so many times before that i do not have to look at the recipe anymore. and i love it when that i do not have to look at a recipe or a cookbook when that i am cooking something. my Mom used to cook all of the time when that we were growing up but she really never showed me how to cook anything like my Grandma used to. lots of times, my Mom would have dinner already done ready to eat when that we would get home from school in the afternoon's, so i guess that is where that i missed out cooking with my Mom. then like i said, on the weekends i couldn't wait to go spend the night with my Grandma. take care and have a beautiful day today!

Originally, I learned how to cook from my Grandmother. Unfortunately, neither my Aunt or my Mother liked to cook so when my Grandmother passed away when I was 12, I lost most of what I learned from her. I was at a different place in my life and really didn't care to learn. After I decided to take an early retirement, one of the things that I really wanted to do was to learn how to cook so now I take classes. I love to experiment with different sauces and spices. My great Aunt left me the original Boston Cooking School Cookbook by Fannie Farmer and every once in a while, I thumb through it and make a recipe out of it.

My grand mom is a good cook. My mom got her talent to her and she passed it to me hehe.When i was like 12 years old i always watch and help my mom cooking. I always ask her questions bout her recipes. let me cook simple recipe.The first recipe i learned was adobo since it is easy to cook..Now i am always in charge in cooking^_^. My specialty is chopsuey. I really love eating and cooking when i discover new food i always ask bout that food.. I also love to watch cooking show's.. One thing i haven't tried is baking because my mom don't bake... But i would love to try.

I learned how to cook in school where we have a subject on cooking. From there i started to learn how to basically fry, cook rice so on. Then as i grow up, i learned some cooking techniques from my mother. Usually a daughter should watch her mother in the kitchen of how she cook. She always remind me that if i wanted to be a good wife and a caring mother, i should know how to cook for my family. And so i did, i learned and followed what she told me. The learning experience does not end there, i am now married to a foreigner, and still i am learning ways to cook food the way they do it here. Since my hubby shares to me what he knows about Indian dishes, then i learned it from him. And sometimes we do exchange knowledge in cooking food.