Gretchen McKay

  The love-struck will express their dying affection with more than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate come Valentine’s Day. Actually, the cocoa route isn’t a bad one if you’re hoping to stir up those lovin’ feelings. Simply put, chocolate makes us feel good, and not just because eating it causes the brain to release […]

  Quick and clean with gas? Or slow and smoky with charcoal? That’s the question backyard grill masters have been hotly debating since the first gas grill in the 1960s. Here’s another option: Why not get down and dirty, and clinch that rib-eye to crusty perfection? Clinching — cooking meat directly on hot coals — […]