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 ...

Texas wants New York strip steak to be renamed the Texas Strip ... that the Texas Senate will be filing a concurrent resolution to change the name of the prime cut of meat in the Lone Star State ...