Then there's the ropa vieja main of shredded beef with a goat cheese sauce.

CNN: Live large, pay small in Panama City

But this year, Flay cooked up a crisped beef patty topped with queso sauce, potato chips and green chili pickle.

NPR: Bobby Flay Finally Brings Home Burger Bash Win

The deep-fried parcels with beef, prawns or palm hearts, doused with chili sauce and washed down with a glass of sugar cane juice, hit the spot.

WSJ: Chow Down in S?o Paulo: On Chef Alex Atala's Trail

Sip a serious scotch and watch him dab beef ribs and pork chops with his homemade sauce, serving them up along with rice, beans and collard greens to those with the late-night munchies.

BBC: H Street heats up

Kelly for the area's signature dish: handmade beef pies, served with mashed potatoes drenched in parsley sauce.

CNN: Why gritty East End is London's gold standard

High end Jean Georges has a fusion menu featuring crab with mango, and beef tenderloin in a miso red-wine sauce.

BBC: Mini guide to Shanghai, China

Barossa Berkshire pork belly is cooked in a fragrant ginger and orange sauce, while local Black Angus beef is grilled and served with a fresh herb salad.

BBC: Beyond the vines in Australia��s Barossa Valley

The menu is filled with familiar Cuban dishes like ropa vieja, shredded beef in a Cuban Creole sauce, and marinated pork, fried for good measure.

BBC: Exploring Cuba��s simple, yet tasty, fare

Chef Fabienne Escoffier turns out a rich beef stew studded with smoked bacon, pearl onions and braised mushrooms enrobed in a chestnut-colored sauce whose flavor hints at the full-bodied Burgundy she cooks with.

WSJ: Where's the Best Boeuf?

Some purebred Highland beef would be superb, aged for four weeks, maybe with a bit of light, creamy, intense chanterelle mushroom sauce.

NPR: Chirac Comments Spark Flap over British Food