Brazil matches even Argentina for flame-cooking cred. Anchoring any self-respecting brazilian neighborhood is a churrascaria, complete with espito (spit) wielding waiters marching on you like an elite brigade, dropping meat to plate until you happily surrender.

(And by the way, if you are a carnivore living in an American city...

At home or at work - you undoubtedly have something that would be meaningful to the men and women putting their necks on the line under the crappiest conditions imaginable. And if you're a foodie - as is likely if you're reading this - consider the special value of what...

Steeler nation, allow me to present a fist food in the team colors.

Search the meat counter for racks of babybacks on the smaller side. Smaller grills faster and takes flavor more readily than bigger. Figure at least six ribs per...

You're an urban gourmet, versed in the latest restaurant and locavore jargon, but every once in a while your reading takes you to more primal scenes, like those described by Argentinian master Francis Mallmann in grill recipes that read like love...

There is absolutely, positively no reason to mothball the grill over the colder holidays. In fact if you're a grill chef you already know that enduring a little inclement weather - sometimes even a blizzard - is worth it for quality time by the...

Was it because they say grilling over open, direct fire risks drying lean meat, leaving it parched and tough?

Did they say that big cuts will overcook on the outside and undercook on the inside?

Or did they just cross their arms and tell you a Thanksgiving turkey shouldn't...

I am a Chef man.

In a household that had a strict home-cooked dinner routine which included school reports and entrees that stretched a kid's palate, there was always, tucked comfortingly away on a pantry shelf, my beloved Chef Boyardee beef ravioli in tomato sauce. Serving as an...

Northern Michigan in November is bleak. Put away the tourist materials -- in the state Grillworks has called home for 30 years a bitter north wind sweeps fall color away in a mid-month weekend like so much spent confetti. The state's flatness offers no shelter from the oncoming...