Huge thank you to Clare for titling both this newsletter and my midlife crisis.

I’ve been slowly leaning, Pisa-like, back into my BBQ roots. BBQ has always been a part of my identity. A grill or smoker has always been our first household purchase, sauces and rubs are smuggled across the Atlantic with every trip; I’ve always spent too long planning the menu of every summer party we’ve ever held.

Covid definitely dialled my BBQing up. We’re fortunate enough to have our own garden and slow-and-low i...