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Rick Bayless "Tijuana Taco Crawl" today

SteveD - 10-8-2011 at 08:23 AM

The new season of "Mexico One Plate at a Time" is starting today on our local PBS station.

Yes It Is. Yeah!

Gypsy Jan - 10-8-2011 at 01:39 PM

If you get the KLCS PBS TV station in Los Angeles it will be broadcast at 4:00 pm today.

[Edited on 10-8-2011 by Gypsy Jan]

danaeb - 10-8-2011 at 02:17 PM

Thanks for the 'heads up'. I just set it to record. There are some fun mini-videos of this season's Baja series on Rick Bayless' website:

http://www.fronterafiesta.com/discuss/behind-the-scenes-baja...

On Top Chef Masters a couple of seasons ago, Rick walked away with top honors among some of the world's best (or so designated) chefs. Love his cookbook 'Mexican Everyday'.

[Edited on 10-8-2011 by danaeb]

Kalypso - 10-8-2011 at 03:15 PM

KPBS here in SD is set to air epsidoe 3 this afternoon at 3:30 pm, which would be in 15 mintues in real time ;)

I've seen the first 2 episodes and I have very mixed feelings about this...for a lotta reasons. It is way beyond cool to see Tijuana, Ensenada, the Valle de Guadalupe on TV, and they are pretty photogenic. I also think the shows will generate some much needed business for the places that are featured, and probably by association other businesses. That said, there is - for me - a huge disconnect between the first half the show that features RB out and about in Baja. The 2nd half of the show is in his home kitchen and it just feels really forced to me. His daughter is prominently featured in the home segments and she's just really annoying. So I've enjoyed the first half of the episodes I've seen so far, but not the second half. YMMV (Your milage may vary)


(Okay, snark warming)
I should probably qualify this and say that I actually know RB and have cooked with him several times over the last 10 years and I own all of his cookbooks. In that time I've seen a (not surprising given his fame) marked change in him. Additionally, I am aware of several incidents that have happened here in Baja (some during filming, some before) that belie his good old boy demeanor; they've kind of tainted my opinion of him. RB has done a phenomenal job of introducuing the American audience to Mexican food beyond tacos, burritos, enchiladas and tamales. But I think Mexican chefs (not just in Baja) have, and are, finding their own voice and it will be powerful.

Danaeb...Everyday Mexican is a very good RB cookbook to own. The recipes are easy to follow and the results is usually very, very good with them. He's taken a lot of the time consuming parts of the recipes out but still manages to get tastes, textures and flavor profiles that are very close, if not identical, to the original time consuming dishes.

Bajahowodd - 10-8-2011 at 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Kalypso
KPBS here in SD is set to air epsidoe 3 this afternoon at 3:30 pm, which would be in 15 mintues in real time ;)

I've seen the first 2 episodes and I have very mixed feelings about this...for a lotta reasons. It is way beyond cool to see Tijuana, Ensenada, the Valle de Guadalupe on TV, and they are pretty photogenic. I also think the shows will generate some much needed business for the places that are featured, and probably by association other businesses. That said, there is - for me - a huge disconnect between the first half the show that features RB out and about in Baja. The 2nd half of the show is in his home kitchen and it just feels really forced to me. His daughter is prominently featured in the home segments and she's just really annoying. So I've enjoyed the first half of the episodes I've seen so far, but not the second half. YMMV (Your milage may vary)


(Okay, snark warming)
I should probably qualify this and say that I actually know RB and have cooked with him several times over the last 10 years and I own all of his cookbooks. In that time I've seen a (not surprising given his fame) marked change in him. Additionally, I am aware of several incidents that have happened here in Baja (some during filming, some before) that belie his good old boy demeanor; they've kind of tainted my opinion of him. RB has done a phenomenal job of introducuing the American audience to Mexican food beyond tacos, burritos, enchiladas and tamales. But I think Mexican chefs (not just in Baja) have, and are, finding their own voice and it will be powerful.

Danaeb...Everyday Mexican is a very good RB cookbook to own. The recipes are easy to follow and the results is usually very, very good with them. He's taken a lot of the time consuming parts of the recipes out but still manages to get tastes, textures and flavor profiles that are very close, if not identical, to the original time consuming dishes.


Did ya ever ask him why, after developing his skills in SoCal, he opted to go to Chicago??

DENNIS - 10-8-2011 at 04:33 PM

Just watched it and the last thing I would ever try to do is cook on a windy beach on an island off La Paz....or anywhere else, for that matter.
He made the best of it, however.

Kalypso - 10-8-2011 at 06:28 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Did ya ever ask him why, after developing his skills in SoCal, he opted to go to Chicago??



Nope, can't say that I've asked him directly. I've been told it was because he felt his food would be better received in Chicago, and not get lost in the "taco shop" culture of SoCal at that time. His wife is from Chicago and Frontera was heavily financed by their families, there was a better support network there. Obviously, everything worked out in the end ;)

[Edited on 10-9-2011 by Kalypso]