WHAT’S TIM LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Last night on Food Network’s Iron Chef America, Fort Worth’s Tim Love (of Lonesome Dove, Duce, and Love Shack) defeated Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in a tight battle. (Love won by only one point). The secret ingredient both chefs had to use in five courses? Chiles. Sure, Love and his “urban western” cuisine had a leg up on Morimoto’s more traditional Asian fare. Morimoto didn’t even know what many of the peppers tasted like, almost choking on a particularly spicy habanero. But in the end, Love’s fiery creativity defeated Morimoto’s technical expertise. You can read more about chef Love in our May/June issue, currently on newsstands. And if you missed Love’s Iron Chef debut, you can find future showings here.