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I find the history of grilling and cooking with fire fascinating. Did a bit of research when I wrote about underground earthen ovens and stumbled on barbacoas, the etymology of barbecue, but even those origins are murky (smoky?). Perhaps my favorite form of grilling is a Japanese hibachi. On my pre-vegan days I frequented hole-in-the-wall yakitori dens in Tokyo where grilling small skewered bites is an art, and drinking nihonshu is de rigueur.

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