After suggesting a wood burning stove, and a small bell, you should have seen it coming. What you need to complete the Full Fire package. cooking on fire, A beautiful book of recipes and techniques for cooking on an open fire. Cooking over fire There is a good mix of recipes, from simple and delicious vegetables to slow-cooked meats that require hours. There’s also a lot of background on different types of fire and cooking techniques, as well as all the equipment you’ll need to cook different things (eg: spits, skewers, cast iron pans, etc.). That’s all you—sorry, your outdoor friends—need to start cooking over a fire.

What I really want to try is the fire inside image log technique on the cover, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. So far I’ve only had a chance to make grilled pork belly, with grilled carrots and a “Crabellorer” grill cake for desert. All of them were excellent, though of course, perhaps this universal rule applies more here than in any other type of cooking: your results may vary. In the end, though, it’s not really a gift about cooking. It’s a gift to remind us all to slow down and take your time with food and everything else.