Once you’ve had proper A5 Japanese Wagyu, it become something of an obsession. I’ve had it on two different cruises (albeit the same boat), at Victoria and Albert’s in Disney’s Grand Floridian, and at Prime Steakhouse in Bellagio.

What I’ve never done, is cook it myself. But that is about to change.

Enter Crowd Cow, an online store for craft meats, where you purchase meat for particular ranches.

One of their offerings is authentic A5-rated Japanese Wagyu from Kagoshima …