r/cookingforbeginners↗
Cooking for Beginners
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
2.2M subscribers401 posts / mo in Sep 2026355 authors / mosince 2014
r/cookingforbeginners has 2.2M members (+5.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 401 posts a month from 355 people. Top topics: Cooking Basics & Recipes, Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods and Rice Cooking Tips.
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- Cooking Basics & Recipes4.8%
- Chicken Parts & Cooking Methods3.8%
- Rice Cooking Tips1.4%
- Pasta Cooking & Recipes1.1%
- Favorite Foods & Recipes1.1%
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- Simple Page
- Budget Bytes
- RecipeTin Eats
- The Woks of Life
- Kitchn
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