For any of you who have traditionally seen yourselves as professional water boilers and who have been content to venture no further in the kitchen, having a few basic guidelines may convince you to expand your cooking repertoire and equip you with a new feeling of invincibility. Use these guidelines as your starting point of understanding the basics to cooking colorfully – then come up with your own!

Tip #1: You shouldn’t be afraid of salt.

Tip #2: Don’t be shy of bad breath – you can take a mint later.

Tip #3: The Order of Things Matters