Cooking Remotely

In case you haven’t noticed, the age of the foodie rolls on. In and out of the kitchen, our embrace of our inner gourmand is on television, where chefs and would-be chefs compete for culinary honors; online, where blogs upon blogs document personal tales in the kitchen; and even a kid’s movie about a cartoon rat with a penchant for fine food made millions.

And now, video game developers are tapping into our culinary aspirations with a new menu of products. You can now use your Wii controller to slice, dice, sauté and stir-fry several dishes at once – no splatters and no messy kitchen to clean up afterwards. In the game "Hell’s Kitchen," based on the hit Fox TV show,"wannabe restaurateurs slice and dice their way through each episode, vying for chef Gordan Ramsay's attention." In "Iron Chef" the Wii remote becomes your hand as you hold a knife, spoon, or sauté pan handle and chop, stir, tilt or flick. Of course, there won’t be any real food to eat when your done either.

Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan reviews some of these games in today’s paper, and he joins us live on the line. Click here to read his article. And watch the video below: