Joe, please tell me that you watch Chopped on Food Network!! Do you?

I think you would really like it! You could watch it once and understand the concept...it isn't like a week to week elimination show. It consists of 4 chefs that have to use 3 to 5 ingredients that are in their mystery baskets...they get around 30 minutes from the moment that the food items are revealed to create and plate the course. It starts with the appetizer and whichever 3 win that round get new ingredients to do an entree. Whichever 2 make it through the entree course will get another new set of ingredients to make a dessert. It is a fantastic show and they use really esoteric and just weird food items...things that you may very well like to try but that freak me out (ostrich tenderloin!). It's really fun to watch!