I used to think like that but then I expanded my skills during the pandemic. I now have a much better grasp of ingredients and spices and how they all interact

I used to think like that but then I expanded my skills during the pandemic. I now have a much better grasp of ingredients and spices and how they all interact with each other. All it took was asking “why” a specific ingredient was used at a specific stage in the recipe. You get a lot of answers from that.