Let your arms do some of the work.
Fires are the television of the outdoors.
Best of all, because you won't be fussing with an obnoxious fire, you'll actually experience the magic transition of night to morning, from evening to night, the rapidly changing colors of twilight and dawn, the animals calling out to each other, the stars, moon and sun making their silent entrances and exits. Don't cook inside your tent. Cook outside, even in bad weather. Don't spill fuel on your hands in severely cold weather. Fuel won't freeze at earthly temperatures.