Grill Maestro

I was reading through Bobby Flay’s Grilling For Life book, a gift from my wife, and read this tip about buying electric coffee grinders to grind up your own fresh spices:

You should always have two: one for your coffee and one for your spices. Toasting and grinding your own spices makes such a big difference in taste, and this piece of equipment making he grinding part simple to do.

As a grilling amateur, I had never though to toast and grind my own spices! In addition to spices, FLay recommends adding other things that add to the fragrance such as toasted nuts, seeds, and other bit of flavory goodness. The $20 Braun coffee grinder we currently have has worked well for coffee so we’ll have to pick one up for spices. Bed Bath & Beyond has them for around $20 and you can use one of their ubiquitous 20% off coupons for a greater discount.

I might have to grind up some of our fresh spices we have growing on your little patio garden!