That was our big surprise discovery when we moved into a place with a gas stove: we could still have hot food (cooked indoors) during power outages. We just had to light the range with a match.

Our landlord remodeled our kitchen (to something very nice, so we put up with it) a few years prior, so we had already gotten used to adapting recipes to cook on the grill or smoker. Not having to move outside to access heat every meal is a luxury I don’t take for granted anymore, and especially right now as we’re in what the locals call a cold snap.