| Love, alone, doesn't make a great meal! | | | | begin with), buying very expensive ingredients to |
| The food with which you cook plays a very big | | | | make a very complicated meal that might not |
| role in how you cook, as well as how good it all | | | | turn out right. For instance, the best lobster or |
| tastes at the end. For instance, the less fresh the | | | | the best duck liver will be a nightmare to eat if |
| vegetables, the longer they have to be cooked, | | | | badly prepared by overcooking, or if too salty. On |
| as water will have been continuously evaporating | | | | the other hand, a piece of good meat, with well |
| through the skin leaving the vegetables dryer and | | | | prepared sautéed potatoes and a salad |
| dryer. Fresher vegetables also tend to be | | | | with an olive oil and aged red-wine vinegar |
| sweeter and better tasting. | | | | dressing may make a wonderful meal! A good |
| So we have the first rule: Cook with the freshest | | | | meal is just a question of preparing food while |
| possible ingredients | | | | respecting the "rules of the culinary art", even if |
| Another important point is the fact that most | | | | these rules are very simple. |
| ingredients have a seasonal period when they | | | | So here is the third rule: Respect the rules of the |
| taste best, are cheaper and are also plentiful. | | | | art of cooking |
| Cooking with seasonal ingredients will give the | | | | It is also incorrect to say or to think that very |
| best results. | | | | good cuisine has to be complicated and/or |
| So the second rule is: Cook mainly with the | | | | expensive to be good... even French Cuisine. |
| produce of the season. | | | | Many ebooks are available on the internet free to |
| When you are learning to cook in a new style, I | | | | download or for cheap with photos or not. Many |
| highly recommend that you focus on doing simple | | | | are good while others may be not as good. Make |
| meals, but very well and in accordance with the | | | | sure you get the best. I will always be happy to |
| general principles taught in the book or the ebook | | | | help you. |
| you are using; rather than going overboard (to | | | | |