Our Version of a Steak House Dinner

Here at Cafe Drake we're not much for the classic steak dinner. An annual Flintstones-style slab of grass-fed beef is pretty much enough for us. So a more common "meaty" dinner around here consists of "steaks" of marinated tofu, baked in the oven until chewy and dense. Here's the method we generally follow. If you're up for it add a few drops of liquid smoke to the marinade along with a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce. Marinating for at least 2 hours produces the best results.

There are a handful of tricks you need in your arsenal to make the perfect baked potato, such as roasting at an oven temperature of 425 degrees F. And massaging the potato skin with ample amounts of sweet butter before rolling lightly in a dish of coarse salt (either sea or kosher varieties will do nicely). Luckily there's a website devoted to this important craft! Cafe Drake likes ours topped with sour cream, snipped chives and sweet Spanish paprika. Do not wrap spuds in aluminum foil - this common mistake steams rather than roasts the potato.