Cooking the basics
You will do yourself a great service to learn how to cook chicken and beef, several ways to prepare eggs, how to cook several grains (pasta and rice, for instance), and how to properly chop vegetables.
With meat, simply memorizing minimum internal cooking temperatures (165 degrees for poultry, 145 for beef, pork, lamb, or veal) is a good start.
Learn how to cook several foundational foods well – like chicken breasts, rice, burgers, and eggs – and you may find a more adventurous chef lurking inside you, liberated by your new knowledge.
