Plain Talk About Food | Grilling Showdown: Men vs. Women - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA

Plain Talk About Food | Grilling Showdown: Men vs. Women - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA

“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.” —Thomas Keller “Are you free on Sunday?” this good-looking man I had just met asked, and then he said, “I’d like to invite you to my new home for a barbecue.” Now, I had been single and living in Silicon Valley for five years and this “line” I had never heard before, nor had I met anyone like this fellow until that day. I was captivated, and before anything else was said, I…