Grilled Fresh Lobster

I was turned on to grilled lobster through Jasper White’s book Jasper White’s Cooking from New England, and now it’s my favorite way to cook lobster. The shells char as the meat cooks, giving the lobster a delicious flavor. Buy lobsters alive. Before you split it, the lobster can be killed humanely by inserting a knife decisively at the spot where the head joins the body. This severs the spinal cord, dispatching it instantly. Alternatively, it can be killed by plunging it into boiling water