A friend mentioned just the other day that her husband asks for Amazing Steaks from our Desperation Entertaining! cookbook every week – whether they’re entertaining or not.

“We used to fix steaks like this when I was growing up in the Midwest and I’ve never seen this recipe in a book before,” she said. “It’s so simple, and it’s so good!”

I had to stop and think.

Confessions time: I had never actually made this recipe. It’s from Alicia’s childhood also, and although I’m a huge fan of “Wuss” (my nickname for Worcestershire sauce), I just always went over to Alicia’s house to eat her Amazing Steaks. (It’s a good deal if you can get it, but now I live in Miami.)

So, this sad situation obviously needed to be corrected, and since Father’s Day was coming up, I vowed to make The Steaks. (There are very few recipes from any of our books I haven’t cooked, and when I hit on one, the gauntlet is laid down…)

Happy to report that Amazing Steaks really are amazing. A recipe that has a man begging for it every week? A recipe that has three ingredients? In my Humble O, it doesn’t get more obvious than that.

Of course there is one more magic trick you could add: A bit of béarnaise whipped up in the microwave (unbelievable but true). Click here.

So. Enough about me and my steaks! What's your secret to grilling a man-pleasing (or people-pleasing) hunk of meat?