Home cook · 27-week plan
Three sessions a week. Tuesday learns a technique with a recipe, Thursday repeats it faster without one, Sunday takes the long job. Every stage ends by cooking for someone else.
Undecided, on purpose. A branch chosen before the ladder is done is a shopping list; chosen after, it is a direction. Everything below the line is the same technique set wearing different clothes.
Spice pastes fried to the oil split, grilling, sambal, rice as the centre of the plate.
Sauce work, braises, pastry — the ladder most other kitchens borrowed their vocabulary from.
Wok heat, noodles, clear broths, ferments — speed and depth from the same burner.