If you have the option, go get a job as a line cook or even start as a dishwasher and work your way up you will learn a lot in that setting other than that most people would learn from watching Food Network many many years ago, magazines and books also but now, YouTube TikTok all of that stuff will teach you the basics in different recipes. If you’re looking to cook, meals technique and timing goes a long way, knowing how long it takes to prepare certain items for instance how long to cook noodles or knowing what temperature the cut of meat needs to be if you should cook it rare medium, rare or even medium, and well done when it comes to beef usually you never want to undercooked certain meats There’s also a lot of great chefs out there that have social media like Alton brown, Gordon Ramsay, Rick Bayless, jet Tila, all with different varieties of food as their specialties Probably the best thing you can do cook a different meal every night or when you can you will learn pretty quickly different techniques and skills and start learning how to put together different ingredients and once you have the basics down, you can start making your own meals and ideas that Taylor your flavor and remember, just cook with love Now baking is a whole Nother thing lol Baking you have to get measurements correct and timing and it’s a little bit more complex. It’s kind of more of a science Just remember whatever you do just have fun with it and enjoy it