The best way to make these if you're too far to bother driving to Philly is to call your butcher and have him freeze some ribeye. It has to be frozen so he can slice the meat razor thin. In a pinch though, you can hit the Vietnamese market and grab some of the ribeye they have sliced for pho.

If you can't get the Amaroso rolls, try getting fresh baked Italian sub bread. Something with a very soft inside and a flaky, almost crusty outside.

The biggest thing cheesesteak newbs do outside of Philly is get too fancy. No lettuce, tomato, avacado, or mayo. Leave that fancy stuff for the hoagies. All you need is Cheez Whiz, the right meat, the right rolls, and onions.

I can never finish one, it's really unhealthy. But it's the perfect kind of junk food for football weather with a nice light, unhealthy beer to wash the grease out of your throat between bites.