The Top Ten

In this mornings Sydney Morning Herald "Jill Dupleix nominates 10 dishes to take you through life. "If you can cook these recipes well, you can cook anything,'' "

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/cuisine/the-10-recipes-everyone-should-know-20120709-21qqo.html#ixzz20BEzj6to

Her list is as follows, 

Ma po beancurd

Minestrone soup

A great roast chicken

Creamy potato gratin

The classic omelet

Tarte tartin

Salt and pepper squid

Osso buco

Molten chocolate pudding

The perfect risotto

For each dish she says what you can learn from cooking it and of course gives the recipe.

My list would include:

Roasting a chicken

Roasting a piece of beef

The perfect scrambled eggs

A quality risotto

Cooking a steak to a nominated level of doneness

Baking a sponge cake

Making dhal

Making a curry paste from scratch

Ribs

Baked potato