alton brown smiles in striped blazer and white shirt with glasses - Jason Merritt/Getty Images If you're making ribs for a special occasion dinner, it's tempting to reach for the USDA prime. After all ...

Many roasts make an impressive holiday centerpiece, but the standing rib roast is especially, well, special. It's Alton Brown's favorite -- though, as he says, it's "an expensive hunk of meat" (per ...