How do I learn to cook?
I can barely make a fucking omelet
Learn to make something like pasta alla carbonara or fried rice
You'll screw up a few times but when you get it you'll have a technique down that can be transformed and some cross familiarity with other techniques.
Watch a season of Good Eats and get hungry and want to try everything while watching
Read recipes and cook them
Get really good at one dish and let it leech over into other things
etc etc