Tomorrow (Saturday 2/18) is our first-ever Citylife Brookline Iron Chef competition. If you've ever heard DJ talk about my culinary skills, you'll know that I have absolutely no chance to win this, especially pitted against the woman who made this:



and this guy, who took a year off of medical school to go to chef school.



The "secret" ingredients are pineapple and/or potato. I'm thinking about making:

-pineapple-flavored garlic mashed potatoes. (Has to have garlic; do you know of any other kind?)
-pina colada (except instead of coconut, I'll use sweet potato puree)
-pineapple chowder