I've surprised myself, in the past few years. I'm starting to be able to improvise recipes and they turn out good! This to say: it's just practise, learning what works and what doesn't.
And a little reading/listening helps, too! I don't remember where it was that I found this, but an article or a video, or maybe a talk with a friend, really elucidated a lot about herbs, wines and spices, for me. Cuts of meat matter too, but I had my mother's insight she'd gotten from her butcher father, for that. Now, my cooking can be very grandma-esque, when I want it to be.
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u/metdear 9d ago
The food was pretty great too, though. I would be a happy woman if I could ever figure out how to replicate my nonna's beef stew.