He is the very model of a modern Major General, originally uploaded by Aunt Christina.

A little late, but here are photos from the last Iron Chef party of 2009. It was a quiet affair, no big scavenger hunt or puzzle to solve as I had thought there would be (I found out that they had created a big hunt for their New Year's Eve party, which I was unable to attend. Bummer). Our hosts were in their Southern finery, and we Chefs had a simple assignment: make a barbecue sauce to go on the pork sandwiches Patti had made, AND create a side dish from one of the provided recipes or from our own creativity. My partner Diana (seen here in red and purple; we all passed the red hat around)

came up with yummy Sweet and Sassy Maple Mustard Sweet Potatoes which were fabulous--all out of her head. I can't make up a recipe to save my life; I was very impressed.

The sauces varied in temperature from Texas Tang and the spicy Strobbe-Q (one of the chefs is named Strobbe), to our milder chunkier Fiddle Dee Dee BQ, which happened to get the most votes. Cool! After dinner we played movie trivia again, using the cool powerpoint remotes.

I totally bombed at it, but it was a ton of fun. I am saddened that we have to wait a whole year for the next series of Iron Chefs. Hopefully they will host a Summer Edition, which I missed last year. Tasty recipes to everyone, and, Tomorrow Is Another Day!