Eric Greenspan  Eric Greenspan, among the contestants to join
the "Iron Chef" stable, runs the Foundry on Melrose. (Scott
Brinegar / Food Network)  Grasshoppers? Grasshoppers??    Season
2 of the popular Food Network competition kicks off Sunday night
and takes place in L.A., making the most of the city's
international culinary reach. It was shot in a studio just
outside downtown, not all that far from the Foundry.  Cooking
competition: An article in Saturday's Calendar section about the
second season of "The Next Iron Chef" said chef Eric Greenspan
is 43. He is 34. —  Greenspan, 43, was sequestered in a hotel
during the weeks-long shoot along with fellow competitors,
including Northern California's Nate Appleman, the James Beard-
award-winning "rising star" and East Coast chef Amanda Freitag,
a frequent guest judge on "Chopped." (Based upon our early look
at the premiere, you might want to keep the TiVo remote handy so
you can relish Freitag's legendary scowls as she experiences
what it's like to be on the ot