From cookbooks to television shows, live demonstrations to call-in radio segments, chefs are constantly attempting to simplify the art of cooking so that aspiring home cooks can master basic recipes and techniques. Author and culinary school graduate Kathleen Flinn, of successful memoir The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks, she takes a hands-on, step-by-step approach to teaching nine normal people how to cook. The result is an entertaining if somewhat uninspired tale of mastering culinary basics. More