Rick Bayless Quotes

Rick Bayless — American Chef born on November 23, 1953,

Rick Bayless is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is widely known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time... (wikipedia)

I love collecting market stuff in Mexico. I have an etagere built onto the wall of my living room, which has cubicles that are lit and filled with super inexpensive pottery. You see them in a new way; they become museum pieces.

I cook all the time, and I cook all different kinds of things, but never Mexican at home. That's my work.

A lot of people don't like to eat on camera, but I eat on camera all the time. I'm standing in for the viewer.

I know Los Angeles has it better than Chicago when it comes to produce year round!

One of my favorites is chilaquiles. It's corn tortilla chips in a simple, brothy tomato sauce with a little chile for heat. It's wonderfully homey. It has irresistible crispy bits and I love to eat it. And you can play around with it - add chicken, sliced red onions, or all these different things that can easily dress it up.

Rick Bayless Quotes

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