Hey, it's Martin. Today is Thursday, July 4th, and happy Independence Day. I hope you're all having a very

restful holiday. And on this day, some of you are probably doing a lot of cooking.

Maybe you're hosting a barbecue or bringing a potluck dish to a friend's backyard and

some of you might be absolutely dreading that.

Because cooking can feel hard and stressful.

And not all of us move around the kitchen with the ease and confidence of Aina Garden. That is why I wanted to share the new season of Try This

from the Washington Post. Try This is a series of audio courses designed to jumpstart different parts of your life with easy to use pointers.

And this season is about how to change your relationship to cooking, how to actually find more

enjoyment in it.

It's hosted by my sparkling colleague Christina Quinn,

and trust me, you will learn so much.

So today, we're going to play for you

the first episode of the series about identifying your kitchen personality and after you listen follow try this using the link in our show notes or by searching for it wherever you listen to

podcasts. 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 dinner time 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

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