I really like cooking. It can be a real art and you don't even need heat to do it.
Can you explain why you would not need heat to cook?  I am confused.
There are many cooking techniques that vary using a wide variety of traditions. Not everything needs heat to make ceviche.
What is ceviche exactly?  I see it on menus but have never had it.
A seafood dish made of raw fish in citrus, with chili peppers.
Interesting.  What other types of food are there that don't necessarily need heat?
Depends on how you define cooking. Cooking depends on the skill of a person and the education they have.
I sort of get that.  I have very little skill at cooking.  Are there any good books or websites you can recommend to get started?
and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice.
Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago.
The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new
do not think that the kind of school you would like to start would do any good in the Delta. I really think it would do harm. What I want here is Negroes who can make cotton, and they don't need education to help them make cotton. I could not use educated Negroes on my place, but since you have asked me for advice, I will tell you candidly that here in the Delta is no place to start a school.
The Frank Streater Consolidated School (White) was constructed