Playing with fire: Two chefs talk about the nuances of grilling
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Grilling involves cooking over fire, with different proteins and vegetables requiring specific handling. Understanding the grill’s surface is crucial. Each grill, like Daniel Mangin’s, has unique hot spots that shift, which illustrates the variability of grilling. Amanda Singh combines spontaneous creativity in her dishes while leveraging local produce and skills learned from a wood-fire grill experience. She features innovative recipes, such as a distinctive beet-infused lion's mane mushroom dish that speaks to her culinary approach.
Grilling requires cooking raw food over fire, demanding intimate knowledge of the grilling surface. Varied proteins and vegetables each react differently to flames.
Daniel Mangin compares the grill to a weather map, noting that different hot spots shift in intensity, emphasizing the need for understanding one's grill.
Amanda Singh, trained on a wood-fire grill, emphasizes creativity and spontaneity in her grilling techniques, using local produce to enhance her dishes.
Singh highlights a favorite dish of thick, beet-infused lion's mane mushrooms, brined overnight, which she describes as 'the vegan option that bleeds'.
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