Cooking 101

That 300-pound cigarette lighter in your kitchen? It's a stove!

We know people who have burned water, but help is on the way. You can learn to cook. The food! section is going to teach you how.

We know this is ambitious, even audacious. We know many of you already are fine cooks. Great! We need your help, too. Keep reading.

Welcome to Cooking 101, our week-by-week learn-to-cook series. If you keep up with us, by Memorial Day, you'll be sauteing and stir-frying and maybe even making pie crust. Or not. You get to decide what parts you want to learn.

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