We heart Iron Chef
The Fine Living Network (which honestly we’d never even noticed before) started replaying the original Iron Chef this week—as in the Japanese version, not the crappy American spin-off with bobblehead chefs Bobby Flay and that Italian dude. This is the real deal with Chairman Kaga in all his flamboyant glory in Kitchen Stadium. Back in the day, we spent many a Friday night watching this oddly mesmerizing show. Nothing says quality television like chefs in shiny colorful costumes rising on hydraulics. And the secret ingredient? It’s just too much. It’s like food theater!

That’s how we got hooked on Masaharu Morimoto, the Iron Chef of Japanese cooking. We have had the pleasure of meeting him twice at his restaurant in Philadelphia, where he was actually making our sushi. (And give the guy credit for launching his Rogue line of beer.) Anyway, if you’ve never seen Iron Chef, you must. Every night at 11pm. 
[photo: fineliving.com/Fuji Television Network]

Tom Waits playing in Knoxville
We picked up a Mountain Xpress yesterday and flipping through, out of nowhere, we see this big picture of Tom Waits. He’s touring. And playing Knoxville. The Glitter and Doom Tour went on sale at 9am this morning. The awesome hubby got us orchestra seats, though a credit card glitch bumped us from row C to row T. At $85 per ticket, it’s pricey, but being that he tours so infrequently—and we had a Tom Waits song as our non-traditional bridal dance—we would not miss it for the world. For more stuff on Tom, go to the Library.

“We’re going to the deep south where they still love a man who wears red pants and they make him feel welcome.”

We leave you with this fine performance of 1985′s Rain Dogs.