"beef" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a noun to refer to the flesh of cows or other large animals that is used as food, or a type of conflict or problem. For example: "The beef between the two companies had been simmering for months."
McDonald's reinvention of the Hamburglar was seemingly meant as a play for refreshed cultural relevance, but deeply mixed reactions to the new beef thief raise the prospect that the corporation has miscalculated.
As well as less virtuous choices of beautifully made beef burgers, a pasta of the day, and a cake display full of yummy treats.
There's a generous range of offerings for the health conscious: delicious freshly squeezed juices – the 'Get Up and Go' with apple, orange, pineapple and ginger is great road trip fuel – Merlo organic coffee, vibrant salads – don't miss the Thai beef salad with crunchy noodes - and some well-thought out vegetarian options, with the roasted butternut pumpkin salad a good pick.
When it comes to food to soak up all that pisco, Vinilo (+56 32 223 0665, cafevinilo.cl) is worth a visit for a contemporary take on Chilean dishes such as shredded beef in a stylish roulade.
St George's Market in the city centre showcases the quality artisan produce – such as Hannan's beef dry-aged in the world's largest Himalayan salt chamber – that's been inspiring chefs such as Ox's Stephen Toman, who has been exciting British and Irish critics with dishes such as Skeaghanore duck, parsley root, chestnut, coffee and chicory, built on local provenance.
But apparently, "there's a lot of beef between Cheryl and Louis".
Last year's report on the Mid Staffs scandal prompted the CQC to significantly beef up how it inspects hospitals.
I dined like a medieval king on delicious beef carpaccio, tagine and buckets of sorbet.
This neighbourhood used to be the site of Venice's abbatoir, and Marisa made a reputation for nose-to-tail cuisine with dishes such as risotto con le secoe, using beef bone marrow.
2.08pm: Another unhappy Tory is Philip Davies, the MP for Shipley, though his beef is with Ken Clarke's decision to close three prisons – one of which is being turned into an immigration removal centre.(see 8.56am).
The question is: will the long list of other exceptions that already include GM food and hormone-fed beef dilute the deal to make it less worthwhile?
