Iron Chef to Open Restaurant in O.C.

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • September 18, 2008
Orange County's going to be home to a restaurant by an Iron Chef. No, not Batali. No, not Morimoto either. It's Cat Cora — the lone female Iron Chef. But first, let me clarify that the planned restaurant — called CCQ for Cat Cora's 'Que — is...
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