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r/cookingforbeginners

› Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you! Learn how to cook simple recipes for yourself and find it isn't as hard as you think it is. Post your questions about cooking and links to easy recipes and basic techniques. Come to learn or to teach. Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/FfKqrtZ Related subs: /r/Cooking /r/AskCulinary

// MEMBERS
2,163,072
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// POSTS_INDEXED
1,805
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
12y
› since 2014-07-31
// STATUS
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// Recent posts in r/cookingforbeginners

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  1. 01 Should I use a whole egg when halving a recipe that calls for one egg, or should I try to only put in half of an egg? ↑ 7 · 2026-11-07
  2. 02 I did Julia Child's Dauphinoise Gratin to the letter today, it still came out watery and near curdled/curdled. ↑ 4 · 2026-11-07
  3. 03 Freeze garlic in heads, or peeled cloves ↑ 3 · 2026-11-07
  4. 04 When making soups with heavy cream, they end up grainy? ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
  5. 05 I'm trying to make restraunt flavor pinto refried beans. ↑ 3 · 2026-11-06
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/cookingforbeginners about? [ expand ↓ ]
r/cookingforbeginners is a Reddit community with 2,163,072 members. Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you! Learn how to cook simple recipes for yourself and find it isn't as hard as you think it is. Post your questions about cooking and links to easy recipes and basic techniques. Come to learn or to teach. Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/FfKqrtZ Related subs: /r/Cooking /r/AskCulinary
02 › How active is r/cookingforbeginners? [ expand ↓ ]
r/cookingforbeginners has 2,163,072 subscribers and 1,805 posts in our index. It was created on 2014-07-31, 12 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/cookingforbeginners? [ expand ↓ ]
Other Food & Cooking communities of a similar size include r/recipes (3,564,710 members), r/budgetfood (3,005,434 members), r/stupidfood (2,842,774 members), r/shittyfoodporn (2,606,090 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.