Johnny Steak Au Poivre

My dad is away in the province half the time and he cannot stand it when I splurge on food at restaurants so in preparation for Father's Day, I have resolved to cook steak.  To maximize our time with dad, I figured the best father-daughter bonding (my hidden agenda in learning to cook meat) would be his teaching me to cook steak, which my dad is quite respectable at. So this past week I've