Yeah, what recipe collections don't tell you is that you need a lot of practice to be able to follow them, I've found that the hardest part of cooking is getting the timing right, and that just takes a lot of tries to get right and understand.

And to circle back to the article, I think a lot of young people in America simply don't even get to try cooking for themselves the way society is organized.

When I started university and moved out of my parent's home, I didn't move into a dorm with a cafeteria, instead I moved into a small student apartment. If I wanted dinner each night, it was completely up to me. Frozen pan pizza gets kinda boring, so I had to start cooking for myself.