Cookoff: Recipe Fever in AmericaCompetitive cooking isn't limited to "The Iron Chef," All over America, amateur chefs cross spatulas at more than a thousand competitions covering numerous states and a pantry full of ingredients. Following a small group of contestants for a year on the contest circuit, journalist Amy Sutherland introduces us to well-known cookoff luminaries as well as some of the most bizarre cooks and recipes at local and national contests across the country-from the Great Garlic Cook-Off to the National Chicken and National Beef Cookoffs, from the World Champion Jambalaya Cooking Contest to the Pillsbury Bake-Off, the Holy Grail of competitive cooking. When the fanatics gather-be they chiliheads or barbecue fiends-and hunker down at the hot plate, it can be a recipe for delight or disaster as attitudes get spicy and tempers flare. Bursting with humor, "Cookoff" is an entertaining and in-depth look at a quirky, cutthroat, and (sometimes) delicious world. |
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Start Your Ovens | 1 |
National Chicken | 9 |
A Country of Competitive Cooks | 25 |
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