Learning to cook from scratch, written by Niu, a national culinary master, systematically divides the inscrutable cooking techniques into two parts: hot dishes and cold dishes, and then subdivides them into 36 cooking techniques, such as frying, burning, frying, steaming, frying, marinating and sauce making, and each technique is subdivided into several numbers. In addition to introducing basic knowledge and tips, there are 2 ~ 3 practical dishes to help readers understand cooking skills more deeply.

Learning to cook from scratch is also a simple and homely cookbook, which is classified according to different cooking techniques, so that readers can learn from the picture, draw inferences from others and make personalized dishes. Rich in content and information, it is a rare introductory book on cooking.