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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 12:31 pm
Heh...what Iron Chef America really needs is some Prestigous Cooking School which frowns upon the "Neo-American" cooking of say, Bobby Flay...and then they all parade in with their "worthy" Chef...carrying banners and the like. And then they'll keep sending over their chefs to try to take the ICA's down a notch to prove that the old ways are the best. They could have some pretentious douchebag spokesman always putting them down and bemoaning the status of "so called" Iron Chefs.
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 12:32 pm
GAL, come visit me, and we'll go visit Morimoto's new place in Napa together! oh and Tyler Florence's new place will be two doors down from his.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 3:10 pm
Costa!!! Cranberry Bellinis!!!!! The wiki on the show is very interesting, and there's an article linked on the bottom which is the Diary of an Iron Chef by the guy who beat Bobby Flay on the grill challenge that is also very interesting. Landi, I absolutely will go with you to those restaurants when I finally get to northern Cali. Nick, your idea sounds hilarious I think you should sell it to the network.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 3:25 pm
Cranberry Bellinis ala Giada: Put 1 T cranberry sauce in a highball glass. Add 2 T cranberry juice cocktail and a splash of Cointreau (triple sec). Slowly fill with Prosecco (dry sparking white wine) and stir. (Personally I would make mine frozen)
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 4:40 pm
Oooh... that sounds yum. Although I dunno about the cranberry sauce, though. Instead, I think I might cook a few cranberries in a simple syrup, and use cranberry juice (not cocktail, but pure juice). If you make it frozen, you miss out on the fizzy nose from the champagne/prosecco! 
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 7:21 pm
Hey GAL...what I posted earlier was an actual storyline that appeared throughout the original Iron Chef Japan. It was a recurring theme and the chief antagonist was this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiro_Kandagawa
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 8:21 pm
I don't usually use Wikipedia as a true resource for much. It is developed by people who write up what they think things are. Yes, GAL, Mario retired at least two seasons ago and Wikipedia doesn't have it so that means that maybe 2 seasons from now it will be updated. I watched Iron Chef on Sunday and the chairman (really just an actor - not the nephew of the original chairman) says, "Which of my iron chefs would you like to challenge? There are only three pictures up on the wall and only 3 on pedestals. It is Flay, Cora and Symon.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 10:55 pm
Mario has not retired. According to the Iron Chef America web site, there are six (now seven) chefs on the show. "Based upon the Japanese cult sensation, Iron Chef America carries on the legend of Kitchen Stadium and the famed "secret ingredient." Each week, world-class chefs battle the legendary Iron Chefs of America: Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto, Cat Cora, Jose Garces and Michael Symon. Alton Brown serves as Commentator and Mark Dacascos is Chairman." All seven are also pictured on the web site. The format has always been three chefs on the pedestals. I suspect they just rotate in and out.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 5:27 am
Jen, please see my post of Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 11:53 am... Batali has not retired. While I think they rotate in and out, I also think that they may either be selected or volunteer depending on the challenger. For example, if the challenger is known to be Med in style, I think Cat Cora may be on a pedestal and Morimoto may not.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 7:46 am
Jen doesn't trust Wikipedia, so that's why I put the quote from the Iron Chef America web site. Batali also lists being an Iron Chef on his web site. I don't know how they choose who is on the pedestals, but it does seem like Flay is there more often than not.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 7:55 am
When Batali's other FN show was cancelled, there was a rumor that he withdrew from IC as well -
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 9:29 am
Not from a reliable source, but I heard that the IC and challenger get 15 min. to plan what they will cook. I totally agree with how awful Dessert First is. I'd really like to see the food but the host/cook is just terrible and unwatchable. I love Chopped. That is something FN is doing right. Lots of good interesting cooking going on there. I was disappointed that the finale came down to Forgionne and Canora. However, I did enjoy the finale and was really happy Forgionne became the next IC. I'm looking forward to seeing him on Sunday.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 9:40 am
I read somewhere (maybe here), or saw on some show, that the Iron Chef participants are given 3 possible secret ingredients prior to the competition on which to plan their menu. They don't know which will be the actual secret ingredient until the competition. I don't know how true this is, but it does make sense.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 11:36 am
Prisoner, my quote WAS from the Food Network site! Bombay, it's true. They are told a few different secret ingredients and can prepare a bit ahead of time. They also finish only one plating in the hour, and are giving additional time afterwards to plate the additional 4-5 plates for the judges.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 11:42 am
Oh, duh. :-) I just saw the Wikipedia reference...
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 11:54 am
Read an article with Mario Batali in the past few days he says he is still an Iron Chef but scheduling conflicts have kept him away. He hopes to compete in three Iron Chef contests this year. Which is cool because I like watching him cook. Costa I have the Bellini ingredients and I am going to try making it both ways. My elderly neighbor is going to taste test along with Colossus and me and will be the tie-breaking vote LOL. I promised her she can sleep on the couch if she is unable to stumble the 20 feet to her home after we're done. Heh.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 2:53 pm
LOL!!! Taste testing is ALWAYS fun!! Let me know how they turn out. And if you neighbor hadda crash on the couch! 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 4:35 pm
YAY CANORA LOST! lol Finally watched the last show. GAL thanks for making my day! Only Iron Chef I watched all the time was Mario. If I catch/caught the others so be it, but I dvr when Mario is on. Haven't paid much attention to the show lately unless I just happen to catch it. [Caught the special with Mario, Rachel, Bobby, and that one chick - sorry her name is on the tip of my tongue but I just can't get to it!]. Have to say the best I've liked Rachel, but probably cuz she didn't have much time to ramble.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 5:17 am
I only saw the first 20 minutes or so of Forgione's first Iron Chef challenge. It looked like they both were working in slow-mo compared to the frenetic activity of the past few weeks on Next Iron Chef. How did he do?
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 2:41 pm
He won by a lot of points in originality and about 4 points in taste. I think his challenger got one more point in plating than IC Forgionne. I like him more and more.
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 3:10 pm
Guess we'll just have to wait and see about Batali's great reappearance when he doesn't have a contract for ICA anymore. Garces is out also. I can't produce a web site to verify what I know so I'll just share it and then we'll all watch and see what happens to know that I wasn't making it up.
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