r/cookingforbeginners

Food & Cooking subreddit · 2M members

Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you!

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Members
2,022,434 (July 2025)
Size rank
#384 of 2,960 subreddits we track, larger than 87% of them
Topic
Food & Cooking · #9 of 40 in Food & Cooking
Address
reddit.com/r/cookingforbeginners · how to join

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