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Every week on Throwdown!, celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay goes head-to-head with cooks who have staked their claim as masters of an iconic dish—buffalo wings, chicken cacciatore, or sticky buns, for example—even though he may never have cooked these things before. The results are always entertaining—and delicious. In his first-ever cookbook collaboration with Food Network, Bobby shares the recipes and fun from his popular show.
For each episode, both Bobby’s recipe and his challenger’s are included, comprising a cross-country tour of regional specialties and good-hearted competitive spirit. Travel to San Antonio for puffy tacos, Philadelphia for cheesesteaks, Harlem for fried chicken and waffles, and Charleston for coconut cake. Try both dishes to pick your favorite, or challenge friends and family to a battle of your own. Either way, you’ll find tons of fantastic flavors in this best-of-the-best book from the first seven seasons of Throwdown!.
The ultimate companion cookbook to one of America’s favorite food shows, Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! lets home cooks and fans in on the action, featuring favorite Throwdown! moments and behind-the-scenes peeks alongside beautiful, all-new color food photography created just for this book. So if Bobby Flay ever strolls into your backyard asking “Are you ready for a Throwdown?” you definitely will be!
Every week on Throwdown!, celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay goes head-to-head with cooks who have staked their claim as masters of an iconic dish—buffalo wings, chicken cacciatore, or sticky buns, for example—even though he may never have cooked these things before. The results are always entertaining—and delicious. In his first-ever cookbook collaboration with Food Network, Bobby shares the recipes and fun from his popular show.
For each episode, both Bobby’s recipe and his challenger’s are included, comprising a cross-country tour of regional specialties and good-hearted competitive spirit. Travel to San Antonio for puffy tacos, Philadelphia for cheesesteaks, Harlem for fried chicken and waffles, and Charleston for coconut cake. Try both dishes to pick your favorite, or challenge friends and family to a battle of your own. Either way, you’ll find tons of fantastic flavors in this best-of-the-best book from the first seven seasons of Throwdown!.
The ultimate companion cookbook to one of America’s favorite food shows, Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! lets home cooks and fans in on the action, featuring favorite Throwdown! moments and behind-the-scenes peeks alongside beautiful, all-new color food photography created just for this book. So if Bobby Flay ever strolls into your backyard asking “Are you ready for a Throwdown?” you definitely will be!
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Millions of us watch THROWDOWN on the Food Network every week. It's great fun and we learn a lot when celebrity chef and restauranteur Bobby Flay takes on cooks who claim to make the best ever of a popular dish, such as Coconut Cake, Lasagna or Grilled Cheese sandwiches (wait until you taste Bobby's made with grilled Brie, Goat Cheese, bacon, and green tomato - called by some a "taste explosion"). As we know, Bobby happily takes on these challenges even though he may never have cooked a specific dish before.
While watching THROWDOWN is a pleasure what a treat and how handy to have over 100 of these recipes available in Bobby's first cookbook. It's a beauty of a book with many of the show's favorite moments, some peeks behind the scenes, and gorgeous food photography. You'll find everything from Barbecue to Mac `n' Cheese to Ravioli with all sorts of good dishes in between. For each episode of THROWDOWN featured in the book both Bobby's and his challenger's recipes are included.
For instance, when it comes to Grilled Cheese Connie and Bill Fisher who own a restaurant in New Jersey that offers 31 varieties of grilled cheese may have thought they were sure-wins with their sandwich built with Monterrey Jack cheese, turkey and bacon on rosemary focaccia. Not quite - Bobby took the day with his "Grilled Brie and Goat Cheese with Bacon and Green Tomato." Mom's grilled cheese was great but nothing like these!
Don't we all love spaghetti and meatballs? Bobby's looked tempting but a100-year-old recipe from Mike Maroni was declared tops, and Mat Arnfeld taught Bobby a few tricks when it came to Fish and Chips (Flour whisked with brown ale for dredging the fish couldn't have hurt).
Sometimes Bobby wins and sometimes he loses, while the recipes are always terrific. It's impossible to choose a favorite, so enjoy 270 pages of fun and fine food.
- Gail Cooke
While watching THROWDOWN is a pleasure what a treat and how handy to have over 100 of these recipes available in Bobby's first cookbook. It's a beauty of a book with many of the show's favorite moments, some peeks behind the scenes, and gorgeous food photography. You'll find everything from Barbecue to Mac `n' Cheese to Ravioli with all sorts of good dishes in between. For each episode of THROWDOWN featured in the book both Bobby's and his challenger's recipes are included.
For instance, when it comes to Grilled Cheese Connie and Bill Fisher who own a restaurant in New Jersey that offers 31 varieties of grilled cheese may have thought they were sure-wins with their sandwich built with Monterrey Jack cheese, turkey and bacon on rosemary focaccia. Not quite - Bobby took the day with his "Grilled Brie and Goat Cheese with Bacon and Green Tomato." Mom's grilled cheese was great but nothing like these!
Don't we all love spaghetti and meatballs? Bobby's looked tempting but a100-year-old recipe from Mike Maroni was declared tops, and Mat Arnfeld taught Bobby a few tricks when it came to Fish and Chips (Flour whisked with brown ale for dredging the fish couldn't have hurt).
Sometimes Bobby wins and sometimes he loses, while the recipes are always terrific. It's impossible to choose a favorite, so enjoy 270 pages of fun and fine food.
- Gail Cooke
Format:Hardcover
I'm quite new to the "Iron Chef" Bobby Flay's work, so when I received this book I wasn't sure what to expect.
Thebook contains recipes from the 7 seasons of his TV cookery show "Throwdown". The series, apparently, revolved around Bobby Flay taking on someone who is renowned for their skill with a certain dish. They would each cook their own version on the dish (for example, chowder, chilli, etc) and a panel of judges would decide which was best.
The book not only acts as a recipe book but as a TV companion to his series - a series which hasn't been shown here in the UK.
Every recipe comes with a story about the relevant episode, and (considering I've never seen the programme) I have to admit that I still found them very interesting, it was not just the usual self-indulgent bumf that accompanies recipes these days.
Not all the recipes in the book are Bobby Flay's, many of the contenders have recipes in the book too. It makes a change to see a chef willing to give space and acknowledgement in his own recipe to others. It would have been so easy for him to change one or two items in the recipe and claim it as his own, but he didn't. Equally it would have been easy for him to decide to brush over his embarrassing moments and defeats, but, once again, he didn't.
Mr Flay's greatest achievement is a superb recipe for fried chicken (KFC is poor by comparison). Prior to this I had thought the best recipe was by Ron Douglas (America's Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants), but Bobby Flay's recipe beats it hands down, in my opinion. I even prefer it to "winner" Jasper Alexander's version.
I've tried several of the recipes and they've turned out well. His Pink Peppercorn butter goes well with steak and chicken, but I have to say his Fish and Chips, Dumplings and Bread Pudding don't stand a chance when compared to my Mum's.
To get a cookery book that has interesting stories you can read make a great change. This is a book that I have, and still am, thoroughly enjoying.
Thebook contains recipes from the 7 seasons of his TV cookery show "Throwdown". The series, apparently, revolved around Bobby Flay taking on someone who is renowned for their skill with a certain dish. They would each cook their own version on the dish (for example, chowder, chilli, etc) and a panel of judges would decide which was best.
The book not only acts as a recipe book but as a TV companion to his series - a series which hasn't been shown here in the UK.
Every recipe comes with a story about the relevant episode, and (considering I've never seen the programme) I have to admit that I still found them very interesting, it was not just the usual self-indulgent bumf that accompanies recipes these days.
Not all the recipes in the book are Bobby Flay's, many of the contenders have recipes in the book too. It makes a change to see a chef willing to give space and acknowledgement in his own recipe to others. It would have been so easy for him to change one or two items in the recipe and claim it as his own, but he didn't. Equally it would have been easy for him to decide to brush over his embarrassing moments and defeats, but, once again, he didn't.
Mr Flay's greatest achievement is a superb recipe for fried chicken (KFC is poor by comparison). Prior to this I had thought the best recipe was by Ron Douglas (America's Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants), but Bobby Flay's recipe beats it hands down, in my opinion. I even prefer it to "winner" Jasper Alexander's version.
I've tried several of the recipes and they've turned out well. His Pink Peppercorn butter goes well with steak and chicken, but I have to say his Fish and Chips, Dumplings and Bread Pudding don't stand a chance when compared to my Mum's.
To get a cookery book that has interesting stories you can read make a great change. This is a book that I have, and still am, thoroughly enjoying.
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129 of 131 people found the following review helpful
Many, but not all, of the great Throwdown recipes
13 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have to preface this review by saying that I love Throwdown, so I don't think I can write an unbiased review. The book has recipes from 51 throwdowns with both Bobby and the competitor's recipes. The recipes come pretty evenly from the first seven seasons. Each section has pictures from and a recap of the Throwdown episode. Also, there are tons of pictures in this book, and every recipe is pictured. The Throwdowns in the book are
Barbecue
Chowder
Red Chili
Steak
Breakfast
Cocktails
Cheesesteak
Fried Chicken
Chicken Cacciatore
Meatloaf
Mac 'n' Cheese
Fish and Chips
Cheesecake
Cuban Roast Pork
Cupcakes
Buffalo Wings
Sticky Buns
Crepes
Puffy Tacos
Jerk Steak
Fruit Pie
Muffuletta
Meatballs
Lasagna
Ice Pops
Eggplant Parmesan
Chicken and Waffles
Arroz con Pollo
Grilled Cheese
Dumplings
Pulled Pork
Arepas
Coconut Cake
Seafood Gumbo
Paella
Chile Rellenos
Falafel
Chocolate Bread Pudding
Cioppino
Ravioli
Chicken Pot Pie
Matzoh Ball Soup
Shrimp and Grits
North Carolina Ribs and Beans
German Chocolate Cake
Country Captain Chicken
Green Chile Cheeseburger
Steak Fajitas
Barbecued Chicken and Potato Salad
Lobster Club Sandwich
Pumpkin Pie
I would have loved for this book to have every single Throwdown recipe (I especially miss the blueberry pancake, pineapple upside down cake, doughnut, and chicken tikka masala recipes), but I can't hold that against this book since they had to get the competitors to agree to publish their secret recipes. All-in-all, it's a fun cookbook, espcially if you love a good Throwdown.
Barbecue
Chowder
Red Chili
Steak
Breakfast
Cocktails
Cheesesteak
Fried Chicken
Chicken Cacciatore
Meatloaf
Mac 'n' Cheese
Fish and Chips
Cheesecake
Cuban Roast Pork
Cupcakes
Buffalo Wings
Sticky Buns
Crepes
Puffy Tacos
Jerk Steak
Fruit Pie
Muffuletta
Meatballs
Lasagna
Ice Pops
Eggplant Parmesan
Chicken and Waffles
Arroz con Pollo
Grilled Cheese
Dumplings
Pulled Pork
Arepas
Coconut Cake
Seafood Gumbo
Paella
Chile Rellenos
Falafel
Chocolate Bread Pudding
Cioppino
Ravioli
Chicken Pot Pie
Matzoh Ball Soup
Shrimp and Grits
North Carolina Ribs and Beans
German Chocolate Cake
Country Captain Chicken
Green Chile Cheeseburger
Steak Fajitas
Barbecued Chicken and Potato Salad
Lobster Club Sandwich
Pumpkin Pie
I would have loved for this book to have every single Throwdown recipe (I especially miss the blueberry pancake, pineapple upside down cake, doughnut, and chicken tikka masala recipes), but I can't hold that against this book since they had to get the competitors to agree to publish their secret recipes. All-in-all, it's a fun cookbook, espcially if you love a good Throwdown.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful cookbook
18 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
First of all, this is a beautiful cookbook! The quality of the paper and photographs is worth the price alone! The recipes are all winners. I have already found most of these recipes on the internet, and all of the ones I have tried are excellent. It is wonderful that so many of the competitors were wise enough to know that sharing their signature recipes takes away nothing from their business, but adds immensely to their popularity and respect from the public. Bobby Flay and his assistants have done a wonderful job writing the intros., and the recipes are laid out very well. It is a very impressive book, and I am very happy to have all the recipes handy. If you like Throwdown, buy the book; you won't be disappointed!! Heck, if you have never seen Throwdown, still buy the book; you won't be disappointed!!
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
It's about time!
12 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
Been waiting for this companion to the awesome Throwdown for a long time. Love the format of recapping the show and providing the recipe. Bobby's food is always amazing, both his recipes and restaurants. Now that I have this in book form can't wait to try them all. I am disappointed that the Blueberry pancakes and Choc Chip cookie challenges did not make the cut. I think it could have been a little bigger volume and included more. Still 5 stars.
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