The first meal on our new grill was delicious stake. My husband generously seasoned it and cooked it over the charcoal. For a sauce, he made a simple parsley butter, which melted on the meat as we said a blessing on the food. It was absolutely delicious. Since herb butter is the next recipe in Alice Water’s book too, I thought I’d share.

Alice Waters suggests using parsley butter on meat, fish, or vegetables. She also includes some garlic clove and lemon juice, which we didn’t add to ours but may have improved it even more. (more…)

We had such a delicious weekend, mostly thanks to a new addition to our deck: a wonderful grill.

It is this one: it has both a gas grill and a charcoal grill.

My husband really wanted the charcoal side and I really wanted the ease of gas, so we got a grill with both. So far, my husband has grilled on “his” side.

I look forward to many yummy meals with this wonderful new tool.

Do you grill with charcoal or a gas? Why?