Beer is not a good cocktail-party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is.
There's nothing that can replicate the smoky flavor of char, so when I've got the hankering for it, I tell my wife that I'm taking care of dinner. I have three different types of barbecues - a coal, gas and smoker - so I can experiment a lot.
To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

