Okay, so no official word, yet, and yes someday I will recap episodes, but for now…

Cat Cora just had a baby and so did her partner. The couple have 4 kids now, and the two babies are 3 months apart. They used the same donor as the first two kids, but each lady carried the other’s embryos. Sooooo….it’s quite possible that with two infants at home, she is simply taking a break. Since Mario Batali’s contract wasn’t renewed with Food Network back in late 2007, I would say it’s time for another new Iron Chef, the next generation, if you will.

As far as The Next Iron Chef is concerned, I’m still rooting for Chef Freitag, I wanna be Dominque Crenn when I grow up, but I’ve also grown a soft spot for Chef Garces and Chef Trevino. Oh, and Appleman is still an ass.

That is all.