Yes it is. Any idiot can follow a step-by-step guideline. "Put exactly this many onions in, wait 2 minutes and add exactly this many carrots..." The person that only does that is not a cook any more than the person who assembles his cheap furniture via the instructions is an engineer. Truly cooking requires knowing the effect that your actions will have on the finished food product, and this is done via experimentation. That's what being a cook is about.
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Yes it is. Any idiot can follow a step-by-step guideline. "Put exactly this many onions in, wait 2 minutes and add exactly this many carrots..." The person that only does that is not a cook any more than the person who assembles his cheap furniture via the instructions is an engineer. Truly cooking requires knowing the effect that your actions will have on the finished food product, and this is done via experimentation. That's what being a cook is about.