How did you learn to cook?

As a child,i had already learned how to cook eggs.These years i have learned how to cook different dishes.After seeing other's cooking and some cooking programs,i got to cook myself.Cooking is easy to learn.But to do delicious dishes is difficult.

I was about five years old and extremely adventurous. I pulled a chair up to the stove, turned it on, and fried some eggs for my mom on mothers day. I even managed to cook them right. A year earlier though I put my hand into a boiling pot of water to grab a hard boiled egg. I still remember, it really hurt and I was stupid...

My mother taught me to cook. First I learned how to make cinnamon toast, I was 3 or 4. Then I learned to make scrambled eggs, around 5 or 6. Then I learned how to make french toast around 9. And all the while in between I helped with the stirring, mixing, chopping, and taste testing during the holidays.

I first learned how to cook when I was big enough to kneel at the kitchen table and help my Mom prepare dinner. I am the youngest of 6 and I was the only one that did this with my mother. She was a great cook and never afraid to try something new. She also loved to have theme dinners for our family and many times she would entertain and have dinner parties. I would also help her with these through out my childhood and teenhood. My favorite was when she was going to have an Oriental dinner and we made egg rolls, dumplings, pork fried rice and many other great items. we even decorated the house with home made paper lanterns. She taught me so much and I now have great memories and when my family comes to visit and I cook for them, they can remember when our Mom made that too. What you have learned and what you will still learn in your kitchen, make sure you pass it down if or when you have children of your own. It gives you a better bond with your child and builds a lifetime of memories. I am now teaching my 13 year old niece how to cook and bake from scratch. (No cans or boxes required) I almost did not respond to your discussion. You started it 14 hours ago and you have already given out the best response, that is not fair to other mylotters nor is that good practice. You should give at least a few days to give other mylotters a chance to respond and a chance to be honored with the best response..

long time, i havent cooked any more. cause i live alone outside, far away from my home. when i was a child in the countryside, i helped cook for the family. but i know i'll learn cooking when i get married. hehe...i think i'll learn it from my parents, books, online, friends, and so on.

I grew up watching my mother and grandmother cook then when I moved out on my own I started making things on my own without receipes. Let me tell you they were bland and not the best but I didnt give up and began looking at recpies but never following them. Now I can take any popular meal and make it with a healthy twist added. I love cooking. I use to cook a lot more but now I live back with my parents so my mom cooks a lot. I think cooking is a learned skill that takes time and practice. I also love to bake. I make the best home made from scratch apple pie ever.

I learned some from watching my granma cooking. When i moved out on my own. I didnt know much. I bought a Betty Crocker cook book. I learned much from that. I still collect cookbook and recipes. Im buildong a cookbook on CD that i call the Neverending Cookbook. Because im always adding more recipes to it. I add recipes that dont have 101 ingredients.

Well my mom helped teach me and I took classes like culinary arts and home ec in school. I also had an interest for cooking naturally because it's something fun to do and you can make up your own recipes and things like that. I also enjoy cooking with my girlfriend because it helps us to eat healthy and good food.

i learnt how to properly cook at school under guidance. I was terrible at it though. After that, when i was 13 my mom taught me how to do the basics, you know frying veggies, baking fish etc..

Self studied or self learnt cooking... I search the net for references as well... So far, most of the people who tasted my cooking liked what they've eaten!!

hi marvik I'm not learn to cook, my mom not teach me how to cook!

Eversince i don't know how to cook everything. But everytime that my husband cook, i learn to him how to prepare the engredients. He teach me how to cook tastier. Some other tips is to watching the tv, reading magazines and to look the recipe.

I wish I could say I learned to cook from my mother, but I didn't. My grandmother was an excellent cook, but my mother was stuck on just a few recipes that she cooked over and over. I hated green beans when I was a kid because the only way I'd ever eaten then was in butter and milk -- not even creamed. I actually learned to cook while I was in college. I lived in a house with three other girls, and we cooked regular meals for all of us each day. One of the girls, Karen, was an excellent cook, and I learned so much from her about homestyle cooking. We even managed to pay for our food by charging a bunch of fraternity boys to eat with us.

I have almost the same experience with you, but up to now, I am still not good at cooking tasty food very well. I learn cooking from books, videos, and my parents. I'm 20 years old now, perhaps delicious food will be produced soon in recent time, because after this year, i will go to the UK for further education. I'm afraid awful food that cooked by me would not keep me living a long time there. Fighting......

When i was about 7 or 8 years old, i ve been a good observer to see how my mom, aunt or grandma cook and from there i learned a lot. I experiment once in a while and read a lot of recipe books. There was no internet yet only television, books and radio. I think i learn easily and can apply them immediately. I can compare myself to my sisters because they prefer my cooking than theirs.

Hi Manvik. I first began to learn how to cook at home from my mom, and then in 7th grade, we had to take a home-economics class, and I learned a lot there, too. The rest is from recipe books and experimenting on my own! I enjoy cooking and have become really good at it through the years Karen

My mother made an effort to teach my brother and I how to cook. When we were pretty young we would take kiddie cooking classes. Once we got to junior high or so we were each in charge or making one meal a week for our family. We had to plan out the menu so my mom could buy the stuff at the store and make it on the assigned day. It was good to get the practice before being old enough to have to fend for myself.

Ive learned cooking not from school or some cooking facility. Ive learned cooking all by myself, a bit of reading those cooking books. The most important thing in cooking is to enjoy it, coz even if your are good in cooking you simply cant offer a good taste when you're not feeling good. Cooking in the heart offers a good results.

I love cooking. I learned how to cook by just watching cooking shows. I find it relaxing when I watch them. I love Kylie Kwong, Curtis Stone. I find their recipes refreshing.

Hi manvik! Since I was a child I always loved cooking :) My parents would even scold me for always tailing them around in the kitchen when they prepare our lunch/dinner, lol. My father is the best cook in my life thus he was kind of my influence and inspiration when it comes to cooking. I must say I learned cooking from him :) Before when I was younger I used to volunteer to cook our dinner and ask him to guide me and give me some tips. I guess that's how I learned how to cook viands. Then, during our highschool days, we have a culinary arts subject where I got to learn how to bake cakes and cookies :) Now, I am proud to say that my cooking has improved over the years as I am now the one who cooks our dinner everyday ;)