Any budding cooks here?

I've always liked cooking but never given much time to it. Just recently I've started to cook more from basic ingrediants and the feeling of satisfaction and achievement when I complete a meal and have people like it is great!

I work with someone who's an amazing cook and he's given me some chicken dishes to try this weekend so I'm to buy the bits I need in a minute.

One thing I also want to try is making my my own pesto sauce, but where would one buy a pestle and mortar?

Any good recipes to share?