Hot Grill: Summer in the City
Debbie PecoraA hot dog or burger cooked in a frying pan during winter simply cannot compete with one grilled outdoors in the heat of the summer; they are almost different foods! And consequently, one of the most popular summer activities for many Brooklynites is cooking outdoors. Brooklynites will go to extravagant lengths to get grilled things into their lives, from traveling great distances with wagons loaded with grill gear to fitting humorously tiny grills or hibachis on the smallest of balconies (and sometimes fire escapes). Those fortunate enough to have backyards or patios are known to devote…