smokiness

The smokiness, the char... it just makes everything taste better.

Fascinating to hear too of course: For all the ways in which Mitchell is identified with the folky acoustic guitar, the smokiness of her singing at this age is framed beautifully by Mills’ electric playing; Collier was essential as well on piano, not least during a stunning “Both Sides Now” that found a kind of ecstasy in surrender.

If you "watch a Chinese chef cooking, when they add soy sauce to a stir-fry, they swirl it around the outside of the pan where it immediately sizzles and gets intense heat, and that changes the flavor and gives it a bit of smokiness," he said.

As chefs toss food up into the flames of a gas stove, tiny droplets of fat suspended in the air catch on fire, dripping back down into the wok to impart a subtle smokiness.

The weekend special might feature Ramstead’s beef short ribs — suya style, subtly spiced to let the smokiness of the grill come through — along with the spectacularly savory taste of Fahnbulleh’s jollof, lightly crisped rice imbued with paprika, a touch of cayenne and a tomato tang.