What is Cooking?
{{no sources|date=December 2021}} [[File:Friedvegggies.jpg|thumb|Fried veggies]] [[File:Man cooking at home in Laos.jpg|thumb|This man is outside cooking on top of a fire in [[Laos]]]] [[File:2019 Feb 04 - Kumbh Mela - Cooking.jpg|thumb|Two women cooking on a fire in [[India]]]] [[File:Cooking food in farm.jpg|thumb|A man cooking food on a farm]] '''Cooking''' is a process to make [[food]] ready to eat by [[heat]]ing it. ==Methods== Cooking is often done in a [[kitchen]] using a [[stove]] or an [[oven]]. It can also be done over a [[fire]] (for example, over a [[camping|campfire]] or on a [[barbecue]]). The heat for cooking can be made in different ways. It can be from an open [[fire]] that burns [[wood]] or [[charcoal]]. It can be on a stove or in an oven that uses [[propane]], [[natural gas]], or [[electricity]]. There are several different ways to cook food. [[Boiling]] cooks food in hot water. [[Frying]] (deep or shallow) cooks food in hot [[butter]], [[fat]] or [[oil]]. [[Baking]] and [[roasting]] cook food by surrounding it with hot air. [[grill (cooking)|Grilling]] means cooking food on a metal [[grill]] that has heat under it. People often cook [[meat]] by boiling, [[roasting]], [[frying]], or grilling it. Some foods such as [[bread]] or pastries are usually [[baking|baked]]. Usually food is cooked in some kind of [[pot]] or [[frying pan|pan]]. Sometimes people cook food by putting it directly into the fire, or by wrapping the food in [[leaves]] before they put it into the fire. == Cooks == [[File:Cuisine au wok au Sun Sep (Beynost).webm|thumb|A chef at work]] A person whose job it is to cook food may be called a ''cook'' or a ''[[chef]]''. The word ''cooker'' means a [[machine]] or [[tool]] that a cook might use to cook food. [[Rice]] cookers and [[pressure cooker]]s are examples. {{Commons category}} {{wikibooks|Cookbook}} [[Category:Cooking| ]] [[Category:Basic English 850 words]]