I would say get a pot and pan put it on the stove grab some food and give it a try cause thats the only way you learn.

just chuck it all in the slow cooker. bob is your uncle.

Go to YouTube and type in Southern Style Classics...no one can burn like people from the Southern Region of the USA. Or you can just message me and I have tons of Southern recipes for Soul Food, Desserts or just anything you me be looking to cook.

Call the pizza delivery guy.

Recently I've subscribed to a guy on patreon, a 4th generation chinese takeaway owner who explains how they make all their dishes. Its awesome

Never heard of Patreon before (what rock have I been under) but seeing it's like a paid Youtube site.

Love the idea Master_Splinter. I even lived in China for 15 years, so this definitely had my interest. I may come back to it. Thx

learn to make meals in advance, spend half of Sunday cooking your meals for the week.

Experiment and try stuff. Just mess around and see what you come up with! Some will be totally terrible but you'll find a few gems along the way!

Keep it simple man. 5 ingredients to start then work your way up

Whatever you're craving, Google it. Pick the recipe with the largest and highest ratings. Skim through it, making a shopping list and tweaking items accordingly to accommodate any dietary needs.

Once you've got your ingredients, follow the directions as instructed. If there are any issues with the recipe, commenters usually make a note of it in the comment section below, so give those a skim, too, before you start. 

If you don't mind shelling out the money, Master Classes are a great way to learn! 

My sister has a couple of books: How to Cook Everything and How to Bake Everything.  They have been invaluable with not only basic recipes, but basic tips.  Also, I like to look for shortcuts on things, like using stovetop in meatloaf instead of bread crumbs with tons of different spices, or using Hungry Jack to make blueberry cobbler instead of making my own dough.

Also, expect that it won't be perfect the first time.  Print out the recipe and make notes on it for next time.  I am close to perfecting my mashed potatoes!

You need to understand that cooking is provoking chemical reactions to the food in order to make it edible or tastier.

You strategically catalise or delay reactions in order to make A absorb B and then use that combination to shift the logical path between them to D or even H. Your aim is to connect flavours into something homogeneous (or not, but start with those 😅). 

When you get those basics down, you'll realize that you can't fuck up too badly, since you already know the basics. things are starting to burn, but others are undercooked? Probably needs more moisture before going into the heat, or delayed exposition. Everything is under cooked inside? Lower heat over longer times.
 

Once you jot it down to the basics and learn them, you can do pretty much everything. And remember - the hardest things will always take a while to get down, doesn't mean they cannot be salvaged into something else.

Cheers, and good luck ^^ 

I like to watch videos then just do my best to cook whatever it was. I'm still pretty terrible so this is probably not the best way, but it can be pretty fun. 

Mmmmm watching youtube videos from certain channels that provide good step by step instructions works super well

I would assume like most things, the best way to get better would be to do it... so uh, by cooking?