Reality Bites

Four days after Thanksgiving, we’re still hankering for swordfish ravioli. Featured on The Food Network’s Next Iron Chef Nov. 12 finale, swordfish ravioli was the third dish in the heated cook-off. Cleveland chef Michael Symon was crowned Next Iron Chef, a spinoff of Iron Chef America, despite a “bland” truffle butter sauce, judge (and original Iron Chef) Masaharu Morimoto said. Symon’s opponent, John Besh, prepared swordfish brandade agnolotti: pasta filled with swordfish mousse made from neck meat, garlic and olive oil. Sounds interesting, we think. If the Next Iron Chef can’t pull off swordfish ravioli, it sounds like a challenge for Chef Boyardee. He may not be iron – but his much-vaunted Spaghetti-O’s are one of our guilty pleasures.