Beef Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday, and I was staring into the fridge like it owed me money. A specific, almost aggressive craving … Read more

My friend Dave asked why I couldn’t just use pretzel buns for burgers instead of making them from scratch. I started to explain why that … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just throw everything in one pan and call it dinner. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just skip the long marinating step and toss everything in a hot pan. I started to explain why … Read more

My buddy Marcus asked why I couldn’t just put everything out in bowls and let people build their own nachos. I started to explain why … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring into the open fridge like it held the secrets to the universe, when the smell of … Read more

My buddy Marcus watched me fumbling with a brisket at a backyard cookout last summer, a whole slab of meat that I’d somehow managed to … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a serious taco craving. You know that feeling—when your brain has already decided on … Read more

Christmas dinner was in six hours and I had a five-pound prime rib roast sitting in my fridge, completely raw. My mother-in-law, who had flown … Read more

Introduction My colleague Mark watched me wrestling with a stubbornly bland dinner idea last Thursday evening and didn’t say anything at first. Then, without missing … Read more