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Iron Chef: The Official Book Paperback – Bargain Price, April 1, 2004

by Fuji Television (Author), Kaoru Hoketsu (Author)

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0006IWYRS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley Books; Berkley Tradepaperback Ed.,2004 edition (April 1, 2004)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425180883
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425180884
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds

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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2001

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While recovering from knee surgery back in 1997, I stumbled across Iron Chef while channel surfing. It quickly became a Saturday night ritual, English subtitles and all. Words were hard to choose when trying to describe the show to friends, even friends that were foodies and understood the restaurant business. It was truly one of those things that you had to see in order to understand. Then -- horrors -- tragedy struck and the English subtitles were no more. Interestingly enough, the hard core fans in San Francisco stuck it out and kept watching. True the battles were a little harder to understand and the Iron Chef e-mail list was usually abuzz the next day with the language challenged trying to figure out the nuances. But the show still worked, it still had charm, it still had drama, it still had charisma, it was still high camp.........basically it was still FUN.
And that is more or less what the book is. The book is FUN. It will never be mistaken for Pulizter quality writing or publishing. This is not the bible of Iron Chef-dom. It's a book about what 7 men, a cast of many and a flashy host with a penchant for Libarace style outer-wear did for 6 years, did well, and how they did it.
To approach this book with the reverence and awe reserved for *serious* literature does the book and the concept an injustice. This book does what the show did, it entertains. It's all in there, the info on the chefs (and challengers alike), the list of battles, who won, who the judges were. There is also a very helpful little dictionary of japanese foods and terms. There are comments from all the major players, the ones in front of the camera and those unseen. And, they saved the best for last, the names and locations of not only all the Iron Chefs restaurants, but the restaurants of the challengers who won as well. Definitely a must have for any fan of the show who can (or someday might) travel to Japan. The recipes are not the ones I would have chosen, but everyone's an expert on food, so tastes and expectations will differ with this section.
I wish there had been more on Kaga. And, the restaurant information on Ron Siegel - the only American Challenger to have beaten an Iron Chef - is not longer correct. He has left Charles Nob Hill and is now cheffing at Masa's in San Francisco. Whip up a plate of Shrimps in Spicy Sauce, pour a beer, pop an Iron Chef tape in the VCR, sit back, open the book and let yourself be entertained.

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Pei Kang

Top entertainment, ok book

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2006

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Iron Chef is the most ingenious TV show ever created, well, the REAL original IC show, at any rate.

The over-the top cheesy quality, the bad-English dubbing, the dumb air-head actresses(who sometimes come up with surprising smart comments); the exotic ingredients, and of course--the challenges. The stuff that no normal person would ever cook, or dream of touching on his dinner plate.

The combination of sports arena quality and the sideshow of Prices Right, equals=valuable hours of your life spent on watching TV!

the book is very in depth, though not quite a "cook" book, the only true thing it lacks it the statistical point. Who won the battles, etc.

I am very disappointed in Food Network for not continuing to buy more Iron Chef shows and or continuing to show the reruns; and not to make them into DVDs....instead they're being despots and forcing us to watch that horrible horrible horrible mutant child that came out of that so called "chef".

Yet again, an original anime/comedy/whatever show is ruined...just like how they mangled Godzilla. the "Other Thing" show lacks the corny flavor, the second commentator (Fuki-San was awesome), the REAL chairman, a REAL Chef, REAL ingredients; Fun challengers, (ok, Ming Tsai was funny, but that's it);my respect for Ming grew after watching that only good episode...he was funny, relaxed, self-assured and he kicked Flay's butt!!

awful musical score (sure the soundtrack of the ONLY incarnation of IC was from.....movie, Backdraft), pathetic judges (they ALL annoy me, for some reason).

watching the "OTher Thing" gives me a stomach ache, a headache....and I keep rambling.

SCOUR THE EARTH for lost videos/tapes/bootlegs of the ONLY IRON CHEF. If you're a true fan, don't even bother watching "Other Thing".

"If my memory serves me correctly....this book will give me recollections of funny and good times."

+150 on the Wow meter for the show, 6+ for the book;

-100 on the Puke-O-Meter for "the Other Thing"

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David

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Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2022

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This is an awesome book that provides additional information about the circumstances leading to the creation and success of the Japanese show that originally aired in the 90s. I would definitely recommend it if you’re a fan of the show.

It’s such a relief that they never tried to create an American version of Iron Chef, which — without question — would lack the originality, quirkiness, and fun of the Japanese original. Dodged a bullet there. Because it would have been bad. Like really bad. Lucky for all of us, there is just the original version and no other versions, ever.

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Just plain fun

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2001

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Who knew that a simple but different cookign show could lead to such a phenomenon? At first glance, this book seems to be catered only to the fanatic, with battle by battle listings, and restaurant information on some of the chefs. But it is so much more - maybe not quite a mean, but much more than a hors d'oeuvre for the reader.
By the time Iron Chef arrived on our shores, it was already a phenomenon in Japan, so we missed a lot of the start. But this gives us a chance to look into the making of a cult hit, from getting chefs to appear on the show initially, to the genesis of food rising through the floor. And for those of us who (through uncaring cable companies) came to the show late, an introduction to the original chefs who existed in the infamy of the show's legend.
One nice thing is that the book, while analyzing the win/loss ratio and stats for each chef, it does not list the victors in the battles, only the contestants, the secret ingredient and the judges. The outcome is left to us to find out, which is good since the Food Network is about to start running "new" shows unseen in the US.
With William Shatner poised to do a domestic version of this show, it is wonderful to have the chance to get more aquatinted with the (probably far superior) original.
Allez cuisine!

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