One holiday cooking tip from Alton Brown offers a nice reframe of the naming problem, and a solution for the economy one: Use a USDA choice rib roast, instead. "I like choice," says Brown.

According to Alton Brown, jumbo shrimp is an oxymoron ... especially a pricey holiday rib roast or prime rib when you want a crispy browned sear that can only come from properly curing the ...