Dinspiration: 10 Grilling Recipes for The Holiday Weekend

I know, I usually don't send an email out on Thursdays, but since the point of this one is to prime the pump (the grill, actually) for the upcoming long weekend, I figured I'd give you a little extra lead time, just in case any of these recipes finds its way into your cooking plans. Either way, have a wonderful weekend.

They say Memorial Day (Monday) is the unofficial start of summer. What that means, I don’t really know (it’s been both 85 and 45 degrees where I live in the past two weeks). Anyway, the start of summer is also the start of “grilling season” (an artificial concept, but a happy occasion, nonetheless). So, if your long-weekend plans involve cooking over a fire, here’s a little Dinspiration.

The burgers and dogs approach to Memorial Day weekend is a time-honored tradition, and I wouldn’t knock you one bit if that’s the route you’re taking (I might even be a little jealous). But the recipes below mostly veer from classic Americana (there is a burger, but it’s a Szechuan-style lamb version that’s incredible and bears little resemblance to its beefy brother). There are snacks (like charred radishes with lemon-parsley butter), veggies (spice-rubbed grilled carrots with yogurt sauce), salads, mains, and even a genius French creation where you grill a giant coil of sausage and eat it with raw oysters. It’s officially non-American, but damn is it good.

— Mark

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If "grilling season" truly begins this weekend, then we need to be prepared. Here are 10 recipes for the grill to officially (or unofficially, or whatever) kick summer off right.

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