“Fire,” Richard Pryor quipped, “is inspirational.”
The resonance of the joke was not limited to the fact Pryor had very nearly burnt himself to a crisp while freebasing. It captured a far deeper truth than that: Our relationship with fire is very nearly instinctual and elemental. It’s that feeling we get at backyard barbecues, and it’s something that’s on full display at Dae Jang Keum Korean BBQ (7905 Engineer Road) in the Convoy District.
