A Culinary Guide for Home Cooks...
From a Home Cook

Welcome to the Reluctant Gourmet web site & cooking blog for home cooks, now eight years old with millions of visitors per year.

If you want to learn how to cook great meals at home and have fun at the same time, you are in the right place.

Don't let cooking become a chore. Have some fun learning new cooking techniques to prepare quick & easy gourmet meals.

You have to eat so why not learn how to cook and eat well at home! It's fun, economical & delicious too.

There are plenty of great recipes, but more importantly, the recipes are explained (translated) in simple everyday terms so you can understand what and why you are doing something.

Learn about new and interesting cheeses, hear from professional chefs, check out top culinary schools , see what I like to have on hand in my pantry when I need to whip up a quick recipe.