The kitchen can not only solve our three meals a day, but also relate to the health, happiness and harmony of our family. The small kitchen is brewing university questions, which need to be carefully mastered by modern cooks. This book systematically and comprehensively expounds the knowledge of diet nutrition, kitchen operation, cooking skills and food materials, which is very scientific and practical, and can be described as a mentor and friend of the majority of families. There are also different cuisines and western cakes from all over the country for your reference. Many chefs are novices, and they are enrolled at zero basis. At first, there may be some doubts. So where do you start to learn the basics of chefs? What basic skills do you want to learn well? In fact, as long as you master the essentials, you must first understand the basic knowledge of the chef industry, and then learn the basic skills. At the same time, you must set a small goal and constantly learn knowledge and skills.

First of all, we should understand the basic knowledge of nutrition and hygiene. A chef can only cook delicious and healthy food if he knows the basic knowledge of nutrition and hygiene, what ingredients can't match with what ingredients and what practices are unsanitary.

Secondly, we should understand the basic ingredients, seasonings, processing requirements and unique characteristics. Only when you have a certain understanding of ingredients and seasonings can you use ingredients. For example, if wine can remove fishy smell and make it fragrant, it must be volatilized.

Then, we must master certain knife skills, and can cut materials into cubes, silk, slices, strips, blocks or other shapes with little difference in thickness and size, which is convenient for cooking ingredients.

Can kill and pick, can kill and bone general live poultry and seafood.

Finally, we must master the judgment of the heat, and be able to judge when to feed, when to cook with a big fire, when to cook with a small fire, and when to cook with a pot.

In other words, you should know something about the dietary characteristics of some areas, such as southerners prefer sweet food and fine food, northerners like coarse food (food needs to be cut into large pieces), and Sichuan and Hunan like to eat peppers.