psst...

1. Read 'The Making of a Cook' by Madeleine Kamman. Then The French Chef Cook Book by Julia Child (2 books). Everything you need to READ is in these three books.

2. Learn to season. Take homemade stock/broth, strain it and place 5 different bowls. Leave the first one PLAIN. Add increasing amts of salt and pepper to the others and note the changes and what tastes good to you. Everything will be affected through a similar profile.

3. Don't take it so serious. It's just food.