This is a fantastic article in the Boston Herald with tips for the absolute, most perfect steak this Memorial Day.

Chef Jay Murray, of Grill 23 in Boston, lets us in on his little secrets to creating tasty, tasty steaks. And since he claims to have overseen the preparation of “millions” of steaks, I’m going to listen up. He must know what he’s doing.

Oh, and he even gives us his recipe for chimichurri. Thanks, Jay!

Check it out here and test out his techniques yourself this weekend!

Photo courtesy of Patrick Whittemore/The Boston Herald.

Looking for an entire, ready-made Memorial Day menu?

Look no further than this little carb-smart baby here.

It includes an ENTIRE menu, shopping list and recipes for all of this . . .

Couldn’t you just die? It all sounds so delicious I’m ready for Memorial Day to happen RIGHT NOW.

Look, even President Obama would wait in line for some of this . . .

So head on over to this link if you want to get crackin’ on your shopping list for Memorial Day weekend. Wheeee!!

Menu courtesy of carbsmart.com.

Photo courtesy of chetculver.com.

This is awesome . . .

I plan to focus on the food — for sure — this weekend, but I won’t forget the reason we have Memorial Day to begin with.

Thanks to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country, we still have a country to defend.

Cartoon courtesy of Joe Heller/Green Bay Press-Gazette.