For our ancestors, fireplace-cooking was a tedious, time-consuming, physically demanding, dirty and somewhat dangerous endeavor. But cooking an entire meal in the fireplace was a three-times-a-day ...

Assistant Fire Chief John T. Fleck of the Lexington Fire Department says cooking in your fireplace is OK and “sounds great.” Before you do, he says, “Make sure the fireplace and chimney are up to code ...

It takes about two hours and eight logs to get a nice bed of embers for cooking. We learned this when a glowing red and white-hot bed remained after another lazy holiday fire was fed log after log.

In the winter, I cook in my fireplace. I’ve been doing this for the past three years, and like any ongoing relationship, I’m getting a little better at it and a little more involved each year. My wife ...

Fireplaces provide warmth, comfort and ambience during our seemingly endless winters. But for a growing number of Minnesotans, they also serve as a year-round cooking tool. The first time Ingrid ...