"Cooking with fire is primal," says Brian Howard, chef and owner of Las Vegas restaurant Sparrow + Wolf, and a live-fire cooking enthusiast. "It forces you to slow down and be present; you can't just set it and forget it and walk away." Plus, it's fun - and the flavor of the wood smoke is hard to beat. Howard grew up in Michigan, surrounded by water and trees, and has continued making nature - namely, camping - a part of his life.