There is a photograph from the early 1950s that could have been taken in any American suburb. A man in a short-sleeved shirt stands over a metal box on four spindly legs, squinting through smoke, holding tongs like a weapon. The fire has gone sideways in the wind. Something that was supposed to be a hamburger is now a memory. He is doing his best. That was the state of backyard … [Read more...] about How One Dad’s Invention in 1952 Made Grilling the Great American Father’s Day Ritual
