Amateur to Expert | 4 Levels of Hamburgers

One of my favorite ways to unwind is cooking. It’s something about the combination of method and madness that has always intrigued me. (That, and maybe when I was growing up, I never had to do the dishes when I cooked. Now as an adult, I have a pile of dishes in my sink hoping that the dishes fairy will come and magically whisk them away.)

Somewhere in a YouTube blackhole I came across this series from Epicurious called “Amateur to Expert.” They have cooks from three different skillsets all creating the same dish and then they have a food expert explain the decisions that were made. Here’s why I like it:

• You pick up helpful tips on how to make your favorite things.

• The food expert could explain why we do some of the things we do that have just been told to us by our friends and family.

• They leave in when the cooks mess up. It’s refreshing to at least see real reactions when cooking. I’m not always cool as a cucumber in the kitchen, so I love that.

• You get to see the creativity in each person making a dish! Each gets excited about their food & their passion for cooking is visible.

  Check out one of my favorite episodes all about burgers just in time for summer.