Nothing Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven

The most encouraging news to come out of football locker rooms since Roosevelt Grier announced his devotion to needlepoint is Khalif Mitchell's love for baking.  

Mitchell, a 6' 5", 312-pound BC Lions tackle, told the Vancouver Sun's Mike Beamish  "Pastries, cakes, I do a lot of baking.  I just made my first peach cobbler.  Right now I'm working on some dishes with chocolate--truffles, stuff like that." 

Lions coach Wally Buono, watching Mitchell take apart the Stampeders offensive line, said "He's a big, big man.  He can push the pack."  And Wally, we bet he can also make a terrific tiramisu.

Asked if Bobby Flay might challenge Mitchell to a peach cobbler throwdown, a Food Network spokesperson said "No chance.  Bobby knows the kind of throwdown Khalif can do."