The Case Against Grilling

Paul Cantor
3 min readJul 4, 2019
Photo by Nik MacMillan on Unsplash

A year ago, I moved from Manhattan to the the sleepy suburbs of New Jersey. I lived in the five boroughs my entire life, so it was a big change.

But it came with some perks — most notably, a backyard. In a backyard, you’re told, you need certain things.

One of those things you need is a grill.

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Paul Cantor

Wrote for the New York Times, New York Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vice, Fader, Vibe, XXL, MTV News, many other places.