How to Cook Without a Book, Completely Updated and Revised: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart: A Cookbook

As a new cook, you might find this book interesting: How to Cook without a Book: https://www.amazon.com/Cook-Without-Completely-Updated-Revised/dp/1524761664 teaches cooking fundamentals using base recipes so that you build off them in the future. I learned how to cook in my teens and found it very helpful!