michael symon

We're firing up the grill this week in celebration of two of America's most manly pastimes: Kentucky bourbon and cooking over an open flame. Helping us out is celebrity chef Michael Symon, star of the Food Network's "Iron Chef America" and ABC's "The Chew." Symon, like us, is a big fan of Knob Creek Kentucky bourbon and the new Knob Creek Kentucky rye, and he took a few minutes out of his busy schedule this week (his very manly new cookbook, "Carnivore," comes out in October) to talk to Mandatory about grilling with bourbon. "I like bourbon because it's full and it's big and it will hold up to pretty much anything you cook with it. ... What I like about cooking with bourbon [as opposed to ...