Cooking in its own right is an art. Anybody can cook but not every body can become a great cook. Cooking like many arts require elegance, patience, dedication, compassion, skill and creativity. It is not for the faint hearted as it requires long hours of trial and failure to make ones cooking perfect.

The first step, if you want to become a good cook is to have a target. Start with small dishes, dishes which are served daily. Start with the food you love to eat. This way you will try your best to make it perfect. When you are a beginner, make sure that you have lots of supervision. If you do the wrong thing your favorite dish might end up being your not so favorite dish. So it's always better to have some one who is good at cooking looking over your shoulder.

Another important thing is to know the recipe of the dish you are cooking. First get the recipe of the dish and then get all the ingredients ready. Make sure that you know all the spices by name, taste and smell. Spices make the difference between a great dish and a not so great dish. Adding the right spices correctly is one of the secrets of great cooking. So it is wise to know as many spices as you can. Ones you have all the ingredients that you need to cook the dish then you're ready to start. Remember cooking is about right timing. So keeping everything organized will help in a lot of ways. You should know the recipe of the dish very well. This again will give you confidence on what you need to do and when you need to do it.

Remember, cooks don't become perfect and great over night. Practice of a certain dish makes them perfect at that dish. It is true that a certain amount of skill is required but dedication, effort and compassion to what you are doing is also as important. Don't get discouraged if the dish does not come out well the first time. None of us walked perfect the first time. So give it time and effort, this will help you to become a good cook.

Cooking again is a work of art. It requires dedication, compassion, skill and effort. Many will fail the first time they try to do a dish on their own. Don't get discouraged; work harder to achieve the goal. It is true that every body cannot become a great cook, but a great cook can come from anywhere.