As the steak cooks, the marbling melts down but adds a great deal of flavor. The USDA grade wraps all the factors up into an overall ranking. “Prime” (as in prime rib, shown below) is the ...

Many of us are already familiar with the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) standard beef grades: prime, choice ... characteristics of a steak cut. Thus, the tender label was ...

It serves beef steaks from the 44 Farms ranch ... cellar holding over 35,000 bottles and sources their corn-fed USDA prime beef from a single packer in the Midwest, dry-aging it for 28 days ...