Moving away from home means moving away from home-cooking, too-a fact that, surprisingly, escapes many young adults new to life on their own. After watching this video, viewers will see how easy it can be to read a recipe, measure out ingredients, prepare all sorts of meats and vegetables, package up and store leftovers, and clean up the kitchen so everything is sanitary and neat. Kitchen safety is stressed. Practice makes perfect! Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards including the NCLB Act.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Apr. 14, 2010. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

How to Measure (2:15) -- Reading a Recipe (1:12) -- Cooking Terms Defined (1:53) -- Meal Planning (1:29) -- Preparation and Preservation (1:03) -- Food Preservation Guidelines (1:38) -- Produce and Food Handling (1:26) -- Methods of Cooking Meat (2:54) -- Preparing Fruits and Vegetables (3:25) -- Healthy Cooking (1:57) -- Kitchen and Cooking Safety (3:07).