When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.
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.
By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.

