1.   Author and cooking instructor Marion Cunningham uses the following tips to help new cooks.

2.   But the day can be an intimidating one for new cooks.

3.   If new cooks walk away from a stove, they need a timer to tell them when to return.

4.   Leaf had breezily blown reporters off three days earlier, explaining that he had to get home to a new cook he had just hired.

5.   Meet the aspiring new cooks, a gastronomically disadvantaged group so desperately in need of hand holding that they have inspired a whole new category of kitchen manuals.

6.   Rama said it helps new cooks master basic techniques so they can branch out to suit their own tastes.

7.   This is a book for new cooks, who need to look up how to trim artichokes or glaze carrots.

8.   Today, we bring you a profile of Cunningham, who teaches new cooks in her Walnut Creek, Calif., home.

9.   When new cooks consider making tacos, they may not plan to use fish.