origins of "Iron Chef" Italiano!

Make no mistake about it, Italian women are great cooks. And so are Mexican, Greek, Polish, Ukrainian and Romanian women, for that matter. Baby boomers didnÂ’t grow up on fast food. But most people who may not be privileged enough to have ever seen the inside of an Italian Social Club, may not know of a tradition that pre-dates the Iron Chef by decades.
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