Recipe for a James Burger
What exactly is this James burger thing? Well, it starts with an innocent dinner plan. When executed, while it unfolds, it brings sustenance, and connection, and peace. And therein lies the magic. And how did this come to be a thing? Our first hint, in retrospect, came in 2010 when we initiated menu planning with James for his high school graduation party. His mom cooks, a lot and excellently, and visions of all manner of fancy foods danced in our heads. But James immediately, and adamantly, replied: "Burgers and brats." Wait, what? You want, just, burgers? Maybe it was that my cooking events were far fewer than Mom's and that made them seem special. Maybe it was my many and varied grills and campfires that were the lure. He did, after all, early-adopt an email handle of "pyro4life", a hotmail account, so, age 9?, and later would light off fireworks for special or actually just any occasions. The random Tuesday? Let's do it! His fascination with burgers (...