Cristina Quinn, the host of 'Try This', discusses how identifying your kitchen personality can make cooking more enjoyable. She teams up with The Washington Post food team to explore tips for applying personality characteristics to cooking. The podcast covers techniques to shake up your cooking routine and personalize meals for a more pleasurable experience.
Identify your kitchen personality to personalize cooking experience.
Engage in diverse cooking experiences to overcome monotony and unleash creativity.
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Try This from The Washington Post: Changing Your Cooking Perspective
The new season of Try This from The Washington Post aims to transform how you view cooking, helping you discover enjoyment in the kitchen. Hosted by Christina Quinn, the series focuses on aligning your personality with your cooking style. By understanding your food preferences, exploring how dishes are made, and discovering your kitchen personality, cooking can evolve from a chore to a pleasurable experience.
Identifying Your Kitchen Personality: Rule Follower or Planner?
In finding your kitchen personality, consider if you thrive on following recipes precisely or prefer planning and prepping meals in advance. By recognizing your cooking style, be it adventurous experimentation or methodical rule-following, you can tailor your culinary experiences. Additionally, understanding your affinity towards kitchen tools and gadgets can further define your cooking persona, aiding in creating a fulfilling cooking environment.
Sparking Joy in the Kitchen: Shaking Up Your Routine
To reignite your passion for cooking, embrace diversity by joining a cookbook club or inviting guests over for shared meals. By engaging in novel cooking experiences and social interactions, you can overcome monotony in the kitchen and unleash your creativity. Embracing your kitchen personality, whether a planner, experimenter, or rule follower, can bring a renewed sense of enjoyment and fulfillment to your culinary endeavors.
"The 7" is off for the holiday but we wanted to give you a heads up about the new season of "Try This" from a voice that may be familiar to you! Cristina Quinn is back with a new audio corse. This time it's a look at how to make cooking more enjoyable. She begins by outlining how identifying parts of your personality outside the kitchen can set you up for success inside the kitchen.
Cristina teams up with the Washington Post food team to uncover tips for identifying your kitchen personality. Food and dining editor Joe Yonan, food writer and recipe developer Aaron Hutcherson and recipes editor Becky Krystal discuss how to apply personality characteristics — like a tendency to tinker or an adherence to rules — to your cooking experience. The process can make preparing a meal more personalized and therefore more pleasurable.