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" Not so long ago I discoverd something: I am Food Network&amp;#039;s pyschic friend. I am to Food Network what Whoopi Goldberg was to Patrick Swayze in Ghost. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t understand&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I think he&amp;#039;s nuts&amp;quot; you might be saying. Well expalin this: I had just gotten myself a plate of baby carrots and hummus when I turned on this Iron Chef America episode. It was a rerun, but I hadn&amp;#039;t seen it before. Chef Todd Richards challenges Cat Cora and the secret ingredient is... CARROTS!  That certainly can&amp;#039;t be a coincidence. Anyhow, Alton says that Chef Richards grew up in Chicago, so I should have rooted for him... but I love me some Cat. Never get enough of her, so she was my pick to win all along.  While my baby carrots suit me just fine most of the time, there are easily 600 varieties of carrots, according to Alton. One of the first thing both teams got started on was juicing. Carrot juice? Yuck. All I could think of was Jack Lalane&amp;#039;s Juice Tiger! But he&amp;#039;s like 150 years old, so I guess it works. My random thoughts while watching: Sweetbreads again!? Didn&amp;#039;t I just see this on battle snails? Chef Richards is going to simulate bone marrow with other ingredients. &amp;quot;Cool,&amp;quot; says Alton. Let&amp;#039;s meet the Judges:  Karine Bakhourn of KB Network News, Jeffrey Steingarten (I actually typed Steinfarten by accident. Bet he heard that a lot growing up.) and actress Cady Huffman. Not the most qualified of judges, but whatever.  My favorite part of the battle was the little carrot caviar-like balls that both chefs made. Using two different chemicals, the carrot juice balls developed a &amp;quot;skin&amp;quot; and floated around individudally. Cool! My second-favorite part was Chef Richards&amp;#039; &amp;quot;Osso buco&amp;quot; made with hollowed out carrots instead of veal shanks! Brills! And the bone marrow-like filling was pretty cool, too. The final dishes:  Cat Cora: carrot-tini (yum) with vodka, cream of ginger, and gran marnier; carrot and ricotta gnocchi (sounds good, but not liking the description that it&amp;#039;s as crunchy as a crouton); carrot trio, pea and carrot cannelloni (beautiful!) with chanterelles and milk foam; short rib of carrot; and chocolate carrot cake (love it). Intesting note: Judge Karine said &amp;quot;homage&amp;quot; twice while critiquing, each time with a different pronunciation. Cheff Richards: deli carrot salad (ehhh), smoked turkey and carrot soup (looks a bit muddy), baby carrots saut\u00E9ed in ginger, carrots osso buco style (awesome!), and flavors of carrot cake. Steingarten liked Richards&amp;#039; carrot caviar better than Cat&amp;#039;s. I was so worried she&amp;#039;s lose after that comment, but... And the winner is! Cat Cora! 48 to 46. Plating and originality carried her to victory. A very cool battle, in my opinion. I gotta go try and make some carrot caviar now. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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