My Grandpa’s Onions

From casual summer dinners to cowboy-centric gatherings in California, these onions have made an appearance at nearly every family barbecue my entire life. They are easy, impressive, beautifully sweet, and, some even say, succulent.

Be very generous when adding lumps of cold butter to these onions. It is not the time to be bashful, and all that creamy butter will indeed take them to a whole new level. They are a perfect accompaniment to grilled beef on a late-summer eve and are even