You are standing at the butcher counter, staring at a price tag that makes your wallet physically ache. You just handed over a credit card for a piece of meat that costs more than your first car payment, and now, the cold sweat sets in. You have invited the in-laws, the boss, or maybe just those judgmental friends from college over for dinner. You have exactly one shot to get this right. I have been there. I remember staring at a seven-pound hunk of prime beef on my kitchen counter back in 2010, realizing I had absolutely no idea how…