If you're an absolute beginner at cooking, I highly recommend the free Stone Soup ebook. All recipes are 5 ingredients or under, 10 minutes or under. http://th

If you're an absolute beginner at cooking, I highly recommend the free Stone Soup ebook. All recipes are 5 ingredients or under, 10 minutes or under. http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2010/06/a-free-e-cookbook/ http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2010/06/a-free-e-cookbook/ When I started cooking, I was intimidated by long recipes and never knowing what substitutions or omissions I could make. This ebook really turned me on, because of its "minimal cooking approach". By stripping recipes down to their bare essentials, this book made cooking approachable. I began to understand the fundamentals, and that allowed me to feel free to experiment. However, at this point all of my knowledge is ad-hoc. I wouldn't mind recommendations or pointers on how to improve my skill, and I agree that it's not clear where to go for this information.