Abe, men, if you count on eating to gain weight and look like a man - you are very wrong! At most, to go to the other extreme (Uncle Topcho), and as you go through the golden mean, you will still not look like a person, because you will be plump! You'd better start exercising with something stronger, along with a proper diet (protein, etc.). As for the delicacies - this is a separate topic, and I say again - make them and enjoy them as works of art, but do not overdo it with them, let alone rely on them ... Look for old cookbooks - from the time of your grandmother for example. At one time there weren't that many products, but people had outwitted themselves and learned to work miracles from those available! In addition, there were only real recipes in the books, tested in practice by the author or the editors, and not like now on the net - lame and crippled rushed to write with both left hands - confuse weights, concentrations, confuse product names, sequence of preparation ... Modern cookbooks - full commerce: look to have more pages transcribed by where not without being checked. Misery ... I recommend "Cookbook for Men" by Petar Saraliev, Zemizdat-Sofia Publishing House 1984. Uncle is very accurate! I downloaded it from Zamunda - scanned on .pdf. I have no idea if it is still there, but it should be available somewhere in the Bulgarian net.
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You want to start with the tricks!?! The tricks are learned in the end. Start with fried eggs and potatoes, then pancakes from there soups something else, and only then the delicacies with tricks. If you already have some experience, go to culinary sites and read recipes. Choose a recipe that consists of products that you like and try if it will be a delicacy. I don't see any sense in buying a cookbook, provided that all the recipes are available on the net.