An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature.

Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.

Charcoal or gas. Both give excellent results, so choose the one that best suits your style of cooking.

You can't chase everybody on the Internet who's saying stuff about you, that's for sure.

Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using.

I don't eat sushi, but I eat cooked meat.