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Home » Rick Bayless

Tag: Rick Bayless

Stacks of heirloom blue and yellow corn tortillas
Posted inFood & Drink

The best tortillas are made with Michigan (and Mexican) corn

by Mike Sula March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

When Aaron Harris’s wife adopted a gluten-free diet he had to start from scratch when it came to tacos. He was raised on his grandmother’s homemade flour tortillas, and she was raised in Chihuahua, where wheat supersedes corn. “She and my mom would make big stacks of flour tortillas, and we would eat those with […]

Posted inTheater Review

In the weeds with Rick Bayless and Windy City Playhouse

by Irene Hsiao October 21, 2021February 17, 2022

It’s #influencernight at the Contumacious Pig restaurant, and if you’re on payroll at a restaurant or an Instagrammer with 5,000 or more followers, you know what that means. If not, read on. The scene is the aforesaid purveyor of pork (and sundry sides), the night the amateur eaters are afoot, the head chef has doffed […]

Mona Sang's Khmer chicken curry
Posted inFood & Drink

Get out and eat your feelings at these weekend food pop-ups

by Mike Sula May 20, 2021August 18, 2021

Take your life back.

Salsa macha verde
Posted inFood & Drink

Rishi Manoj Kumar is a macha man

by Mike Sula February 4, 2021August 18, 2021

Bar Sotano’s chef de cuisine launches a line of toasty, nutty, Mexican chili oils.

Posted inArts & Culture

Steep Theatre searches for a new home

by Kerry Reid July 7, 2020August 18, 2021

The company’s leadership discusses how to create community in times of COVID.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Staff Pick: Best Greek Restaurant

by Mike Sula November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Psistaria Greek Taverna

Posted inBlogs

How Mordecai chef-owner Matthias Merges helped transform modern fine dining

by Kate Schmidt May 17, 2018August 18, 2021

A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.

Posted inBlogs

Rick Bayless just roasted a bunch of goats in his Bucktown backyard

by Reader staff May 7, 2018August 18, 2021

The Frontera Grill chef went whole hog for charity.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois’s late payment charges on its bills add up to $1 billion, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 22, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago police used a Trump Hotel conference room during the Women’s March.

Posted inArts & Culture

Still Dance the Stars and two more new stage shows for the long weekend

by Tony Adler, Max Maller and Justin Hayford August 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Personal stories become fodder for improv scenes in this week’s best bet. Plus: New Millennium’s death by thee and thou

Posted inArts & Culture

What to check out at Printers Row 2017

by Aimee Levitt June 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)

Posted inBlogs

Chris Kennedy: J.B. Pritzker does not ‘deserve’ to be governor, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the city removed 12 red-light cameras after a study showed they were not preventing crashes.

Posted inFood & Drink

Chef Dan Salls pays tribute to his culinary mentor, Rick Bayless

by Julia Thiel May 24, 2017August 18, 2021

The Quiote chef says the restaurateur and Mexico: One Plate at a Time host helped him fall in love with Mexican food.

Posted inBlogs

The Obamas will reveal more details about their presidential center Wednesday, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, an analysis of how the “Laquan effect” has changed Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Former Obama adviser David Plouffe fined for illegally lobbying Rahm on behalf of Uber, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 17, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, an 18,000-square-foot Rolling Stones exhibit will open at Navy Pier in April.

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