IsleCook

And then there's "My Restaurant Rules" from Australia. It's been around awhile too.

So true. She has yet to impress me as being of Iron Chef caliber. It is good to see a woman up there, just not her. I look forward to the competition for a new Iron Chef. I wish they had done that before Cora was brought aboard.

...put scented dryer sheets in with the dish towels. We worked half a day preparing tamales for steaming, loaded them in the big stock pot, brought the water below the steamer basket holding the tamales to a gentle boil, reduced heat slightly, then covered with a clean dish towel and the lid. Fifteen minutes later the kitchen smelled like a soapy flower garden. The odor completely permeated the tamales. They were inedible.

<blockquote><i>>>I want pictures of this one !<<</i><br> </blockquote> <p>The evidence had been quickly disposed of well before wifey awoke. It would have been helpful if it had come out in a solid block, but no, it wanted to cling tenaciously to every part of the oven. Especially those little holes by the light bulb.</p>

<blockquote><i>>>I love spicy and even sweat-causing, sinus-dripping foods but thinking about the amount of cayenne that would translate to in some recipes... ouch.<<</i><br> </blockquote> <br> Think: deviled eggs from hell.<br> <br> Some other things I won't be doing again anytime soon:<br> <blockquote>"Wake up" Mexican chili powder, for enchilada sauce, in a hot skillet with a kitchen full of friends and family.<br> <br> Rest a stainless steel ladle next to the oven vent on the stovetop while using the broiler.<br> <br> Get stoned and engage in molecular gastronomy experiments that involve whipped egg whites, Dr. Pepper, and a microwave oven.<br>

<blockquote>>Sneeze while eating pickled beets.<<br> <i>>>What?? No pictures???<<</i><br> </blockquote> <br> My wife, sitting directly across from me at the small table, in her lovely new white satin blouse, wasn't in much of a mood to take pictures.<br>

I will never again . . . Sneeze while eating pickled beets. Put pinto beans on to boil and then take a "short nap." Buy oven mitts from a dollar store. Substitute cayenne for paprika 1:1. Have a shrimp boil/party inside the house and then add 6 times the recommended amount of spicy cajun powder to the boiling water.