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Small enameled saucepan — warming sauces, melting butter, reheating
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Chinese gongfu tea tray — drainage system for tea ceremony
Round cast iron grill pan — steaks, chicken, vegetables indoors
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Small enameled saucepan — warming sauces, melting butter, reheating
Electric butter churn — artisan butter from cream in minutes
Hand-crank butter churn — homemade cultured butter from cream
Chinese gongfu tea tray — drainage system for tea ceremony
Round cast iron grill pan — steaks, chicken, vegetables indoors
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Generously season steak with kosher salt and sprinkle both sides with a little sugar. Place on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet; chill, uncovered, overnight. Let steak sit 1 hour to come to room temperature before cooking. Prepare a medium-hot fire, ideally without the grate in the fireplace. Keep at least a few logs burning at all times, replenishing as needed, until there is a large base of glowing red coals under the fire, 1 1/2-2 hours. Meanwhile, toss carrots with oil in a large cast-iron skillet; season with kosher salt. Set skillet on hearth a few inches in front of any coals or burning logs. You want carrots to cook slowly; you will know they are cooking properly if they feel hot to the touch within 10-15 minutes. You may need to angle carrots toward heat by propping handle of skillet on a brick or overturned pan. Roast, tossing occasionally and adjusting skillet as needed to maintain even cooking, until brown and crisp-tender, 45-60 minutes. Place a wire rack or a couple of stacked bricks about 6 inches in front of logs. The goal here is strong indirect heat. Cook butter and bay leaves in a small heavy saucepan or skillet (cast iron is ideal) on rack, swirling occasionally, until butter is browned and bay leaves are just browned around edges, 30-45 minutes. Season with salt and keep warm. Push logs to the back or side of fireplace, exposing an area of glowing red coals about 1 foot in diameter, or use a fireplace shovel to rake the hottest coals forward if needed to avoid grate. Flatten coals into an even layer. Place steak directly on coals and cook, undisturbed, until underside is well browned, about 5 minutes. Rake fresh coals next to steak, and turn steak onto new coals. Knock off any coals or ash clinging to cooked side of steak. Cook until other side is well browned, about 5 minutes. Now the steak needs to cook through gently. Transfer to a wire rack; brush off any clinging coals and ash. Prop up rack on 2 bricks or an overturned pan so th