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This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm Ruth Tam. I love to cook. Frying, roasting, sauteing,

all the cooking ings, except for grilling. Even though I loved grilled food and I love cookouts,

grilling just totally stresses me out.

This was me this past weekend.

All right, time to check on these chicken thighs.

Oh no, they're burned.

These two are.

This is the sound of failure. Shh.

Maybe it's because I've never had the space or the money for a grill,

or maybe it's because grilling as an activity has never really been marketed towards me, a woman who lives in the city.

But this summer, I want more grilled foods in my life.

And whether I'm at a friend's house, a park, or a campground, I've decided to get over my fear with the help of Jess Larson.

She's the founder of a food blog called Plays Well with

Butter. Like me, Jess loves grilled food, but she didn't want to rely on someone else to make it

for her. The first night she lit up her grill. And I was starving. So I took it upon myself to

figure out how to turn on our grill.

And that night is the night that I really fell in love with the grilling process itself.

And I haven't looked back.

It is definitely my favorite way to cook, especially during the summer months.

So on today's life kit, how to level up your summer food game with grilling. I don't know much about grilling, but the things that I do know are pretty much limited to the

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