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This is Milk Street Radio from PRX. I'm your host, Christopher Kimball. Tim Hayward loves

stakes so much. He's inked it onto his body.

So the symbol is a gridiron surrounded by a ring, and in the ring are the words beef and liberty.

Tim claims the best steak he ever ate came from a cow that was 25 years old.

These animals, they've lived long, really, really, really hardworking lives.

And then when they're slaughtered, this guy's buying them up, bringing them in.

And his wife's cooking them.

And it's just the most glorious meat you've ever had.

The ultimate guide to steak, that's later in the show.

But first, I'm joined by my co-host, Sir Moulton, to answer a few of your cooking questions. Sarah is, of course, the star of Sarah's Weeknight Meals on Public Television. Her latest book is Home Cooking 101. Sarah, how are you? I'm good, Chris. So we're going to talk about steaks a little bit later on the show, but I have a question

for you.

Like someone just went to a steakhouse, which is actually right near the studio where we

are now.

This is a guy I really trust who owns a bakery in Boston, Cambridge.

And he said it was fabulous.

So I'm beginning to think maybe the steakhouse, no matter where you go, is actually a

pretty good bet. Like in the day, Howard Johnson's actually had good food. Oh, they really did,

when Jacques Pap Pan was working there in the 60s. But maybe the steakhouse is actually

something we should rethink. Some of the really expensive steakhouses

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