ME Best Accomplishment: My daughter, Lanie Proudest Moment: Winning Top Chef Masters and $110,000 for my charity: Frontera Farmer Foundation Cooking Philosophy: Do your homework, have fun and make it your own.
COOK Best Farmers Market: Chicago’s Green City Market Best Kitchen Tool: Mexican lime squeezer Best Home Cooked Meal: Chicken pot pie Best Dinner Party Menu: Paella Best Party Appetizer: Guacamole Best Cheese: I love to sprinkle our homemade queso fresco on just about anything.
DINE Best Restaurant, Period: No way—I eat out too much and know too many people. Best Breakfast/Brunch: I love the brunch at Nightwood in Chicago and at Takashi’s in Chicago. Best Pizza: My own in my back yard Pizza oven (spiced up with tomatillo salsa!) Best Cheap Eat: Garrett’s popcorn Best Ethnic: Thai Best Sushi: Murai in Chicago
DRINK Best Wine Under $15: New Zealand Savignon Blancs Best Beer: Bohemia Best Coffee/Tea: Intelligentsia
FUN Best Song: I am really into musicals—anything from GLEE Best Movie: I loved Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Chef photo courtesy of Mike Altimier, CMH magazine.
Check out our article on Rick Bayless in CMH Magazine.
Rick Bayless
Frontera Grill, Frontera Fresco, Topolobampo, XOCO
Chicago, IL
ME
Best Accomplishment: My daughter, Lanie
Proudest Moment: Winning Top Chef Masters and $110,000 for my charity: Frontera Farmer Foundation
Cooking Philosophy: Do your homework, have fun and make it your own.
COOK
Best Farmers Market: Chicago’s Green City Market
Best Kitchen Tool: Mexican lime squeezer
Best Home Cooked Meal: Chicken pot pie
Best Dinner Party Menu: Paella
Best Party Appetizer: Guacamole
Best Cheese: I love to sprinkle our homemade queso fresco on just about anything.
DINE
Best Restaurant, Period: No way—I eat out too much and know too many people.
Best Breakfast/Brunch: I love the brunch at Nightwood in Chicago and at Takashi’s in Chicago.
Best Pizza: My own in my back yard Pizza oven (spiced up with tomatillo salsa!)
Best Cheap Eat: Garrett’s popcorn
Best Ethnic: Thai
Best Sushi: Murai in Chicago
DRINK
Best Wine Under $15: New Zealand Savignon Blancs
Best Beer: Bohemia
Best Coffee/Tea: Intelligentsia
FUN
Best Song: I am really into musicals—anything from GLEE
Best Movie: I loved Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Chef photo courtesy of Mike Altimier, CMH magazine.
Check out our article on Rick Bayless in CMH Magazine.