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Gypsy Jan
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Rick Bayless in Rosarito! (and TJ and Ensenada)
From a friend, Dining Diva:
"GJ, for what it's worth, RB was in your neck of the woods today.
Breakfast at the venerable old Rosarito Beach Hotel follwed by a taco crawl. I know his first stop was El Yaqui and Mazateño was another. He also hit
up Erizo.
Slated for Ensenada manaña"
And my repy:
"OHH Fudge! (chow-themed swearing). It's a good thing I didn't know anything about it or I would be in trouble now for stalking.
For the record, we had breakfast at Splash that day and I can assure you that the food was ten times better than at the Rosarito Beach Hotel, as much
as I love the place as a historical and beautiful place. The views, decor and drinks are awesome there, though.
P.S. RB should have gone to El Gerente (three blocks north of Yaqui). Hugo, the original head chef at Yaqui, has his own place now and IMHO, Yaqui has
slipped because of this."
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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goldhuntress
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Sounds like he's doing a Baja tour, cool!! So much good food to try!! This is a pic from a place in Ensenada called the Art Cafe, I think. It's gone
now. I asked to take a pic and they did this pose spontaneously, at least it seemed like it.
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The Gull
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Which one is Rick Bayless?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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mcfez
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Neither
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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bajabound2005
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rumor has him at Laja today
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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DENNIS
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Isn't this guy a little over-blown in importance? I mean....he isn't the second coming of Christo. He's a fry cook who went to another level.
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krafty
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never heard of him
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mcfez
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Now this lady has a way to cook! I vote for her to be the best
Paula Deen
www.pauladeen.com/
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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SoCal-Bob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Now this lady has a way to cook! I vote for her to be the best
Paula Deen
www.pauladeen.com/ |
You must like butter... alot. She makes a mean butter kabob with a butter reduction dipping sauce. 
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SoCal-Bob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Isn't this guy a little over-blown in importance? I mean....he isn't the second coming of Christo. He's a fry cook who went to another level.
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Well, in reality no one except Christ is the second coming... but I digreess.
I often wonder this about many celebrity chefs and whether their popularity, personality and good looks is a factor in everyone liking their food.
Are they really that good or is it their reputation? Who knows.
I've never eaten at one of Rick's restaurants, but I have watched his cooking show and a story on how he came to be a chef.
I don't get the impression that his love for Mexican quisine is just something he picked in order to start a restaurant or to be his "point of view"
for a cooking show. He lived in Mexico for something like 6-8 years learning about the different styles of cooking before he became a chef. I think
his appreciation for Mexican cooking is genuine. He is also fluent in Spanish and, I believe, self-taught.
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Gypsy Jan
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Overblown Celebrity?
I cannot answer that question.
But, I can say that I have two of his early cookbooks, "Authentic Mexican, Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico"and "Mexican Kitchen", as well as
several of Diana Kennedy's cookbooks.
My Rick Bayless cookbooks are stained, ripped and falling apart, because I have used them so often to find information and inspiration about using the
wonderful ingredients that Mexico has to offer.
If you read them, you not only get recipes, you get a respectful rendition of the culture and passion of Mexico.
[Edited on 2-17-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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krafty
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Agreed about Paula Deen-fat is her friend. BUT-she has a mean stuffed french toast casserole with a praline topping that is a winner everywhere we
take it.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SoCal-Bob
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Isn't this guy a little over-blown in importance? I mean....he isn't the second coming of Christo. He's a fry cook who went to another level.
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Well, in reality no one except Christ is the second coming... but I digreess.
I often wonder this about many celebrity chefs and whether their popularity, personality and good looks is a factor in everyone liking their food.
Are they really that good or is it their reputation? |
it's called showmanship. most of the people that watch cooking on TV don't eat good food or care about good food -- most of you eat at Del Taco or
Carls Jr
cooking is really boring without drama. i like the chef that yells at everyone, has an insult/put down for everyone. what's his name?
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kaybaj
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Anthony Bourdain?
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by SoCal-Bob
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Isn't this guy a little over-blown in importance? I mean....he isn't the second coming of Christo. He's a fry cook who went to another level.
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Well, in reality no one except Christ is the second coming... but I digreess.
I often wonder this about many celebrity chefs and whether their popularity, personality and good looks is a factor in everyone liking their food.
Are they really that good or is it their reputation? |
it's called showmanship. most of the people that watch cooking on TV don't eat good food or care about good food -- most of you eat at Del Taco or
Carls Jr
cooking is really boring without drama. i like the chef that yells at everyone, has an insult/put down for everyone. what's his name?
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Gordon Ramsay
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Gordon Ramsay |
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/imageBank/cache/g/Gordon-Ramsay...
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| Quote: | | i like the chef that yells at everyone, has an insult/put down for everyone. |
We wouldn't have suspected anything else, Goat.
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I have decidely mixed feelings about Bayless. On one hand, I could condemn him for being from Oklahoma, which is hardly the ground zero of Mexican
cuisine. And I could condemn him for going to Chicago of all places, to open his first Mexican restaurant, figuring that he decided there would be way
less competition for complex regional Mexican cuisine that far from the SW US and the border.
On the other hand, it appears that he spent years in Mexico surveying and sampling the regional cuisine.
He does appear to be able to turn out some very special dishes that people who frequent Taco Bell or even El Torito would never encounter.
My dream scenario would be to have Anthony Bourdain visit a few of Bayless' places! Let the games begin!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
most of the people that watch cooking on TV don't eat good food or care about good food -- most of you eat at Del Taco or Carls Jr
cooking is really boring without drama. i like the chef that yells at everyone, has an insult/put down for everyone. what's his name?
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Broad strokes from a non-foodie.
Cooking boring? Yeah, maybe if you're making fish tacos.
The level Bourdain, Ramsey and Bayless cook at makes it look easy.
Non-foodies wouldn't know good food if it were served by one of these chefs.
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DENNIS
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Here's Rick putting together one of his signature dishes:
http://tinyurl.com/4ddlfmw
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