Summer's end

The end of summer

Fall just around the corner (no really--turn right and there's a five foot drop) and I have yet to grill. Believe it or not, have not broken out the giant bag of All-Natural Hardwood Lump Charcoal, to smolder away in a starter chimney (Charcoal starter easier you say? Why would I want to eat gasoline flavored meat? Gas grill? 1) I like making things harder for myself; and 2) I like the smoky primordial uncertainty of it all, cooking the way my Cro-Magnon ancestors did, millennia ago).

I'm back! Roast beef, grilled green onions in Romesco sauce, duck roasted with plums, and more

Summer cooking, had me a blast
Summer cooking, happened so fast, 
I met a roast crazy for me,
Met a duck cute as can be,

Summer days sizzlin away,
To, uh oh, those summer nights

Well-a well-a well-a huh!
Tell me more, tell me more
You render all the fat?
Tell me more, tell me more
Did you toss in a cat?

Had to take some weeks off to focus on a massive piece on science fiction films; now I'm back with a vengeance.

From North Square Farmer's Market, Bernard's beautifully smoked and grilled jerk chicken