I have learned to cook pretty much on my own, my family dosen't really cook. My mom worked alot when I was young, so meny nights I had cerial or PBJ for dinner. When I married my husband he wanted me to cook, he came for a family that cooked alot and alot of homestyle/sothern cooken, so I started with some cook bookes and saw how the resipes went and stared there, now I put my own touches on things and my husband loves my cooking! I now look on line all the time for dinner ideas, and I am taking a class "Young wives enrichment" and we do cooking with older wiser women who give us great advice and tips. I love to make soups stews and caserolls, because you can do it all in one pot!!! ?!?!