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Steak with Mushroom Sauce (Steak Aux Champignons)

April 3, 2009
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After a rather productive week in the kitchen last week, I’ve been feeling wholly uninspired this week. Call it a case of chef’s-block, or cooking apathy, but the mere act of getting myself into the kitchen has felt like chore. I even had a bout with a nagging craving for bad Chinese food, which I [...]

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Chicken Fried Steak with Country Gravy

December 14, 2008
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Despite all the meat I’ve eaten this week (pork, beef shanks, and lamb), I still found myself with a hankerin’ for some meat. Not just any meat though, I’m talking about a deep fried slab of chicken fried steak smothered in a rich creamy gravy.
Yep, that’s right… chicken fried steak is a piece of [...]

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Creamy truffled swiss chard

July 22, 2008
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Given that steak is such a dense heavy dish I never fully understood why steakhouse sides are always so heavy. Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good baked potato with butter, sour cream, cheddar, bacon and chives, but it’s not exactly what I’d call a contrast up against a big hunk of [...]

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Steak with mint chimichurri sauce

July 21, 2008
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Perhaps it’s your body telling you that you need more iron, or maybe it’s a commercial you saw on TV, but sometimes you get a hankerin’ for a big juicy steak that just can’t be satisfied by any other means. In New York that usually means you head to Peter Luger’s, Strip House, Craft Steak, [...]

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Ohmi Wagyu beef (a.k.a. crack)

April 28, 2008
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Wagyu beef has become synonymous with beer fed, massaged beef that no-one can afford. Just one look at the menu’s of many New York steakhouses and you’ll see that Wagyu from Japan lists at around $30 per OUNCE!
Now I’m definitely one to pay the extra buck for quality food, but 30 bucks a bite [...]

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Lemon tuna steaks on roasted veggies

April 17, 2008
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Okay, so this one was hard to name. Every title I came up with made it sound… well… simplistic. The ingredients and preparation are both simple, but this belies its tastiness. If you think I’m crazy for calling cooked tuna tasty, I feel your pain. At most restaurants it’s either lightly seared (at which point [...]

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