[itcrowd]

I am sorry to be so harsh, but this guide will not teach you anything about cooking, nor will it be of any particular relevance to founders [^].

The blog post is a 3,500 word advertisement to Amazon affiliation links. A selection of "helpful" advice given in the post:

- How to chop food? "Just search them on YouTube"

- "When you are first learning to cook I recommend avoiding complex recipes"

- "Get cooking"

Finally: "The goal of this post is [..] to provide fairly comprehensive [..] roadmap for going from a cooking noob to solid home chef." Sorry. This is not it.

[^] Alternatively, the title might be interpreted to mean "Cooking for founders [who are visiting you]". This is also not the case.

[awillen]

100% agree. If you read this entire thing, you don't end up with anything close to the skills needed to cook a meal. You could watch a five minute cooking tutorial or just make a simple recipe instead, and then you'd have something to show for it, plus you'd have learned something about cooking.

[efazati]

YouTube channels were helpful for me... That's it

[tylertringas]

Always appreciate these thoughtful critiques on HN :)