and eat it warm. I have no interest in the pieces with the crust on them, thank goodness. chocchipcookie, my mother used to put the charcoal broiled fat from steak between bread and slather on the ketchup for my brother and I....

There’s always the “I forgot to put the lid on the top of the blender” trick. Or the "guests are arriving for dinner in an hour & I just discovered that the big pork roast I put out on the gas grill 2 hours ago...

I’m going to avoid ranting about the Cheesecake Factory/Macaroni Grill because that’s been done to death. 2 Amys. You can use the best ingredients in the world and still end up with a burnt pie in a poorly ventilated...

All gifts were wonderful – a set of red Staub -5qt pot, a square grill pan and a nice baker (perfect for tarte tatin) from hubby, from my daughter Paula Wolfert’s “The cooking of soutwest France”...

tend to go early where it winds up being more of a sushi bar than a sushi boat as you just order direction from the chef/owner. Once a month or so: Burma Superstar Wooden Charcoal BBQ Delfina Pagolac House of Prime Rib (and yes, I...

“Apple Blossom” scent detergent), grill over open flames, enjoy.

the most fish, and was extremely anxious to eat everybody’s catch. My brother wanted nothing to do with the cleaning, so I dug in and scaled/gutted them all. Those dinky pan fish grilled over a fire were the best thing I...

, and is cleaned with a long brush to gather the charcoal particles. 2) The Spot is the same family and similar product. The white clam pie with lots of garlic is the Spot’s signature dish. I don’t recall the whole...

, gyros from Dinos or the lamb shop, or grilled shrimp (at Old English Fish and Chips).

visits a couple of weeks ago, I was a bit mystified by the seemingly inactive “aquarium smoker”: a couple of ribs passively sitting on the grill without any sign of heat or fire. I still have a vivid impression of...

. Crispy pata is a deep-fried pig’s trotter — “pata” means “paw” in both Spanish and Tagalog. Kris P Pata is a valued user here on Chowhound. Silog is a slang term for a breakfast —...

What are “marinated yellow corbinas”? Sharon lists them as charcoal broiled and also in a soup “with seafood & vegetables in table cook for 2”. Yes, there is fine exploring to be done here if I ever manage...

... a huge pile of roasted nori sheets, plus usually a beef wellington or a chicken gallantine and maybe a plate of grilled kalbi and enough tsukemono (including my mom’s ubiquitous nukazuke)... and then, some oden floating...

I agree with the enjoyment of the process. The desire has to be there to want to learn more about the art of cooking. A friend of mine really doesn’t like to cook. She’ll pull a steak out and throw it on the grill....

Unless the cooking is being done out-of-doors over burning wood or charcoal. NEVER even question your father-in-law’s (or most other guys') grilled smoky meat food preparation.