You'll see that I really like http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/ as I have another great article for you guys to read.  I am not new to cooking, but I am by no means a gourmet chef (not yet at least).  I am really trying to brush up on some of the basic principles of cooking before I get into more difficult stuff.  You'll find that with anything I do, I want to learn the basics well before moving on (I did this when I started dancing as well).  I believe that once you get the basics down pat, the other things will come naturally.  Check out the article Basic fundamental cooking techniques, it has a LOT of good information:

http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/technic.htm