Top-down fires create embers on top that slowly burn down through the layers of the campfire. And if you’re curious about how to build a top-down fire in a wood-burning stove, click here.
Ferhad Feyssal remembers when villagers gathered around the campfire every winter in the Kurdish region in Syria while a danûk, or big pot, cooked bulgur wheat. The memories are so vivid to Feyssal ...