Gourmet Traveller

Iron Chef

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I’d eagerly park myself on our Brescia sofa to watch Iron Chef, the cult classic Japanese TV show that was part cooking, part crazed gameshow. The judges on the show would be feasting on uni and tonburi seeds. I’d be eating a French Onion Le Snak and kiwi-strawberry Snapple.

Australian food TV up to this point had been little more than Geoff Jansz chucking a lamb cutlet onto a barbie and

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Gourmet Traveller

Gourmet Traveller3 min read
Cloves
The word “spice” is evocative of exotic tropical shores, mystery and romance. The story of the clove does indeed begin on tropical shores, but it is perhaps more brutal than it is romantic. Cloves are native to the Maluku islands in Indonesia, once k
Gourmet Traveller7 min read
The Sweetest Thing
Spice is often the party girl, the loud, bold, exuberant element in the mix,” says food writer Eleanor Ford in her new book A Whisper of Cardamom. “There is also another art, more subtle yet equally seductive. In sweet cookery, spice can provide a de
Gourmet Traveller4 min read
Mexico City By Mouth
The chileatole arrived in a thick-rimmed, cacao-brown pottery bowl. It was jungle green, as vivid as leaves in a Frida Kahlo oil painting. A vegetable soup, I guessed, having been given no menu to cross-reference. I lifted it to my lips and sipped an

Related Books & Audiobooks