Normally, I wouldn't endorse a show on the Food Network (except for Alton Brown's Good Eats, of course). But I have just learned, courtesy of this May's Vogue magazine, that my idol, Jeffrey Steingarten, is one of the judges on the new Iron Chef show, alongside Ted of the Fab Five. From his article, it appears that Steingarten is taking up the curmudgeonly baton of Kishi Asako, and telling it like it is. "No more Mr. Popularity for me." And Alton Brown is going to be the play-by-play commentator! Looks like I've figured out my plans for this weekend...