So I moved out recently and discovered I pretty much only know how to prepare scrambled eggs and smoothies.
I’ve been trying to find cool cooking resources online, but most feel like are just either clickbait or advertising me a lot of garbage (that vibe reminds me of toxic fitness channels).
Any good resources you guys may know? It doesn’t necessarily have to be YouTube channels, extra points if it has beginner level recipes, easily findable ingredients or it’s funny to follow. Thanks! :)
Kenji Lopez-Alt
https://www.youtube.com/@JKenjiLopezAlt/videos
The GoPro format is great, you can see what he does with his hands and you see all of the cooking, with practically zero cuts in the video. All the while he explains why he’s doing the things you see.
Kenji is just on another level, can’t recommend him enough. His books are great as well.
I like his science-sy, no bullshit approach to cooking and find it very refreshing. He explains almost everything he’s doing as well as how and why he’s doing something in a particular way and has fantastic recipes and techniques.
Foodwishes is the OG YouTube cooking show: https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/ has over a decade of content. Recipes vary in complexity but always does a good job of breaking down the steps & explaining the what and why.
America’s Test Kitchen and Bon Appetit both have channels with a lot of content, but are geared towards getting you to subscribe to their paid content.
There’s also a ton of old TV content available. E.g. Good Eats has a number of episodes posted (or maybe just parts of episodes, but enough to learn).
Kenji Lopez Alt is also a major content creator. He has several first person view videos with commentary while he cooks. This is a good format to see the cooking skills in action and help learn / improve techniques.
Beyond these big ones, there are many good channels with focus on specific culinary styles.
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find chef John and Foodwishes.com.
That man taught me to cook
You Suck at Cooking It’s surrealist storylines with cooking!
Came here to say this. His cook book is great fun as well.
His ten ingredient chili is really easy and delicious plus it’s perfect base to start with if you want to play around with your own recipe.
I can’t add pepper to a dish without repeating it three times. Pepper pepper pepper.
You Suck At Cooking has a lot of meals in a fun format, Adam Ragusea? I think that’s how you spell it, is pretty good too, longer videos and less on the meals themselves and more learning about food in general.
Alex does mostly simple recipes, but he’s interesting because he doesn’t just try once but keeps remaking the recipe until he gets it perfect and explains the whole process and all the details.
ANTI-CHEF does very fancy recipes from a beginner’s perspective. He shows off a lot of techniques that a more professional chef might gloss over as obvious.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/channel/UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A
https://piped.video/channel/UCR8gyS7wt4CmDwJ_JC6KP_g
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