Learn how to enjoy cooking by identifying parts of your personality outside the kitchen that will set you up for success in the kitchen.
Hey, welcome to try this from the Washington Post.
Try this is a series of audio courses to help you take on common challenges and learn something new without having to make a big time commitment.
I'm Christina Quinn.
I'm a journalist at the Post, and I'll be learning with you.
And for this course, we're cooking up ways to inspire you in the kitchen to get you out of a dinnertime rut or remind you that a meal doesn't have to be perfect to be worthwhile.
If you're new to try this, here's how this will work.
Each try this course has anywhere from two to five classes or in other words, two to five episodes.
In this course, we'll have four episodes that focus on how to connect the dots between who you are outside of the kitchen and how that translates to the kind of cook you are in the kitchen.
And we'll explore the simple beauty in building out a repertoire.
Okay, class is in session.
Let's try this.
I think we've all seen enough movies and read enough books where food and cooking, it's this transcendent experience, which it can be, but there's also just eating to eat and cooking to cook, and that's fine.
Recently, I've been looking for ways to have a little more fun in the kitchen, and so I called on a crew of experts at the post.
I'm Becky Crystal.
I'm the recipes editor at the food section.
My name is Erin Hutcherson, and I'm a food writer and recipe developer.
In the food section, I'm Joe Yonan, and I'm the food and dining editor.
And just like a good old dinner party, I brought the crew together for a hearty conversation around the table.
But instead of the table, it was a virtual recording studio.
And instead of food, we had microphones.