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Located near any display of seafood in a grocery store of fish market, you are likely to see boxes and bags of small wood planks. That’s because they just so happen to be the perfect vehicle for ...

If I have one go-to technique for grilling and smoking fish, it is to use a cedar plank. The plank supports the delicate fish as it cooks and doubles as a serving platter. It is a combination of ...

If I have one go-to technique for grilling and smoking fish, it is to use a cedar plank. The plank supports the delicate fish as it cooks and doubles as a serving platter. It is a combination of ...

A few days later, I was sitting on his back porch, talking shop about grilling salmon and how to use wood grilling planks. Using grill planks - or "planking" if you want to be trendy - is the hot new ...

Two New York strip steaks were cooking on a smoldering wooden plank on our grill on the deck. The smell reminded me of a summer campfire combined with the fragrance of the big pile of burning ...

If you find yourself ignoring your grill more than you should, living as we do in this land of permanent grilling, maybe you’ve just had your fill of cooking all those hamburgers and barbecued chicken ...