Montalk.net is a good place for beginners to start digging into Cosmic Cookout material.

Tom is the guy behind this huge wealth of information, and he's kindly made his book "Fringe Knowledge for Beginners" available for free as a PDF download. He wrote the book to bring his younger brothers up to speed on the research he's been doing, which directly connects to the Cosmic Cookout mission of distilling down heavy topics within a brief post designed to invite the reader to dig deeper.

Montalk.net has long been a favorite stop for me when I find myself in the mood for deep essays on esoteric subjects.