Monday, October 24, 2005

Sunday, October 23, 2005
Food Network
Iron Chef

The new Iron Chef America on the Food Network is fun to watch. I like to see how serious the chefs are during this circus like event. I became a fan of this show watching the original Iron Chef battles. Half the fun of the origianl was watching all the sub plots unfold. Will the challanger bring along an entourage, will his wife and kids be in the visitors box, will the mystey ingredient be alive. will it be some sort of ingredient I had never heard of before. Who made those colorful outfits worn by the Iron Chefs. These were all questions I'd ask every time this show aired. I am so glad that it is back in production.

I never watch either of the Iron Chef shows on the Food Network for ideas on how to cook supper, I watch for entertainment, and maybe the drinking game. I love the colorful and over the top outfits that Chairman Kaga brings to the party.

Masaharu Morimoto had always been my favorite Iron Chef so it is good to see he can make time away from his resturant to film the Iron Chef America battles. I wonder if his parents ever told him not to play with his food, because he sure likes to play with it now.

I think that Mario Batali is fun to watch. He always seems so happy to just be a part of this show. How fun to see someone with so much talent that is also so humble. I still like Morimoto best, but Mario is my new second favorite. The spirt of the original Iron Chef is still in the new battles and all the new Iron Chefs take the battles with a flair and comfidence that reminds me of the original battles still showing on Food Network.


I like Alton Brown, and watch his "Good Eats" show whenever possible, but I think he may need to watch some of the original battles. During one battle, he said he didn't recall an ice cream machine on the original Iron Chef. No disrespect to Alton, but lots of battles on the original Iron Chef used an Ice Cream maker. I'll never have his knowledge of science and how food works, he is a good pick for that job.

Cat Cora is the first Female Iron Chef to be ever featured on any Iron Chef show and along with Bobby Flay adds a youth and playful take on the way Americans can take food from anyplace and make it our own. All part of the great melting pot and the joy of this show.

So, download the drinking game and join me as I find entertainment in playing with food.
One drink if the guest chef is female
Two drinks if the guest chef is a team
A shot of Rum if the guest chef used to have a show on the Food Network

Maybe I just like the drinking part

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