This is a favorite of the barbecue circuit and it is one of those recipes that taste much better than it sounds. Even the biggest naysayer can’t keep his hands off the cabbage once it is done. The real trick is to cook it until so tender that you can pluck a leaf from the center without any resistance.

Grilling asparagus miraculously transforms it from the kind of vegetable you hated as a kid to a sweet, meaty, lip-smackin’ treat that you can’t get enough of as an adult. This is the least amount of work you will ever have to do to be considered the Queen of the Grill. Contrary to popular belief, look for the fatter stalks when buying asparagus, they are much better suited to grilling and actually have better flavor.

My good friend, Rose Levy Beranbaum is most known for her baking expertise including her most recent tome, The Pie and Pastry Bible. But, in her free time, Rose really loves to grill and she discovered this technique for cooking onions by forgetting it one night and waking up in the middle of the night to discover that instead of being ruined, it was the most savory caramelized onion she had ever eaten. For that reason, it is the "Forgotten Onion." I've taken her idea and changed it a bit to make the world's best grilled onion roasted onion.

This is one of the first “unusual” foods that I tried nearly a decade ago. Since then, it has become commonplace for me and hundreds of people that I’ve encouraged to make it. But it is still one of my top-ten all time favorites. Although, they take a while to cook, resist the urge to pre-cook the potatoes. They are sooo much better cooked entirely on the grill.

I think tomatoes are probably the best thing that comes from the earth! I started making these with the cherry or grape tomatoes--that you can find all year long-that still tastes like a tomato! It is the simplest recipe but it is a favorite of nearly everyone I know. I make it at least twice a week and most of my friends are addicted as well-but hey, it's a healthy addiction!