i like to cook.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption with or without the use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice. Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago. The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as the invention of pottery for holding and boiling water, expanded cooking techniques.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love cooking, especially baking."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah, cooking is great! Are you a professional cook, such as in a restaurant, or do you cook privately at home?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I wouldn't say I'm a professional cook, but my parents own a restaurant so I help out as the chef once in a while. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well hey, everyone has to start somewhere. Preparing food with heat or fire is an actually a unique human activity; if our ancestors figured it out I'm sure we can too!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Totally agree, I'm always surprised by the number of people who don't know how to cook. It's definitely a life skill and will help you out financially."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Same here. Most people are intimidated by cooking in the beginning, but the ways or types of cooking really depend on the skill or training an individual has. The more you know, the better!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can see why. Like with anything, it takes practice and can be discouraging when things don't end up looking of tasting as planned. What are some beginner dishes you would recommend for people starting out?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm a big fan of Thai food. They are typically lightly prepared dishes depending on what you make, and they have a strong emphasis on aromatics and spices. Try something like spicy basil chicken!"}]