"Hell’s Kitchen" finalist and "Iron Chef America" contender Ralph Pagano is a big, friendly New Jersey dude who loves to cook and eat. He’s run his own restaurants and now heads a high-end catering business in the Hamptons. But would he survive starting from the bottom in a totally strange town where he doesn’t even know the local food?
That’s the premise of "Pressure Cook:" drop Pagano in a place he doesn’t know and give him 72 hours to earn enough money to make it back home. If he fails, there’s a nasty penalty. In the first episode, he’s sent to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to learn about Aztec cuisine and earn three thousand pesos, or eat three incredibly spicy habanero peppers. He sells some cookies along the beach, then works in a taco shop, where he learns about huitlacoche (corn fungus), escamole (ant larvae) and other traditional ingredients. After a […]
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