What does it mean to be a good cook? Sure, there’s the technical stuff: the knife skills, the timing, the intuitive moment when you know a chicken breast is cooked through but not yet dry. Beyond that ...

Does anyone actually learn to cook from TikTok? Maybe I am just too old for it, but the “food hacks” that go viral on the video app seem designed more to make you gasp than to cook better. Snickles!