Bobby Flay's Throwdown!: More than 100 Recipes from Food Network's Ultimate Cooking Challenge

Are you ready?

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!

BOBBY FLAY is the chef-owner of three Mesa Grill restaurants, two Bar Americains, Bobby Flay Steak, and five Bobby's Burger Palaces. He is the host of numerous popular cooking shows on Food Network, from the Emmy-winning Boy Meets Grill and Grill It! with Bobby Flay to the Iron Chef America series and Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. A New York Times bestselling

A first direct Food Network collaboration profiles the most-requested dishes from the celebrity chef's popular television show while sharing behind-the-scenes memories from favorite episodes, in a volume that includes such recipes as Mac and Cheese Carbonara and Joe and John Castro's Kentucky Hot Browns. 200,000 first printing. TV tie-in.

\BOBBY FLAY is the chef-owner of three Mesa Grill restaurants, two Bar Americains, Bobby Flay Steak, and five Bobby’s Burger Palaces. He is the host of numerous popular cooking shows on Food Network, from the Emmy-winning Boy Meets Grill and Grill It! with Bobby Flay to the Iron Chef America series and Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. A New York Times bestselling author, he is also the food correspondent for CBS’s Early Show and a contributing editor at Parade magazine. This is his tenth book. His website is www.bobbyflay.com.

STEPHANIE BANYAS has been Bobby Flay’s business assistant since 1996. She is the co-author of Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes; Bobby Flay’s Grill It!; Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook; and Bobby Flay’s Grilling for Life. She lives in New York City with her beloved cat, Emily Rose.

MIRIAM GARRON has been the sous chef of Food Network since 2003. Prior to working in television, she edited three cookbooks in the MinuteMeals series. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York, the center of the universe.

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 — Cr^epes — 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 — Chiles 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.