Rick Bayless is chef of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo in Chicago, creator of Frontera gourmet foods, cookbook author and host of Mexico - One Plate at a Time.

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Rick's Twitter Travel Guide: Mexico City 2009


  • 7:48 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    I'll be back at work tomorrow morning RT @kohenari: @Rick_Bayless How long are you in Mexico on this trip?

  • 7:47 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    Sorry guys, working fast, brain freeze RT @GunsandTacos: @mattbramanti Yep, "ahogada" means "drowned". I believe @rick_bayless is in Mexico



  • 7:21 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    Monte Cristo's banana leaf-wrapped lamb barbacoa in pasilla sauce

  • 7:20 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    Monte Cristo's beef tartare w nopal, green chile , cilantro, quail egg--before mixing http://twitpic.com/coo20

  • 7:16 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    Monte Cristo restaurant in Mexico City. Quick video of made-to-order salsa cart http://yfrog.us/5i2snz

  • 3:15 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    Classic, delicious torta ahogada (sunken torta) of carnitas awash n tomato broth, arbol hot sauce, pickled onions http://twitpic.com/cnr5x

  • 1:29 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    All of my last postings were from Merced mkt in downtown Mexico City

  • 1:25 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    The first pomegranates have just arrived, meaning everyone will soon be making the famouse stuffed chiles en nogada http://twitpic.com/cnbft




  • 1:18 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    In commercial cookware section, gr grills, griddled, pastor taco set ups. Alway huge molcajetes, tortilla presses http://pk.gd/Em0

  • 1:16 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    A beautiful stall with 14 kinds of phaseolus beans & (pictured) runner beans (many heirloom) & 7 kinds of corn http://pk.gd/EmZ


  • 1:09 p.m. Aug. 3rd 2009
    Spent 2 glorious hours in my fave mkt in world: Mex City's Merced. A stunning dried chile/spice/nuts/seeds stall http://pk.gd/EmY


  • 9:57 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    Finishing gr8 day w plancha tacos@Chupacabras in Coyoacan. Chorizo, cecina, bistec w carm onion, avo salsa, nopal http://pk.gd/EKw

  • 9:17 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    @Corazon del Maguey n Coyoacan square, had grt Mezcal cocktails, Mezcal tasting: Oax elegant, Zacatecas caramely http://pk.gd/EKN

  • 9:07 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    Amazing life on square in Coyoacan. You have to come on Sunday afternoon & eat elotes asados w epazote&arbol chile http://pk.gd/EKl

  • 5:55 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    Very solid meal@Paxia n San Angel (not as forward thinking as Pujol). Started w Black bean-stuffed plantain empnda http://pk.gd/EjA

  • 5:48 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    A quick video of the Lagunilla market blue corn tlacoyos stall http://yfrog.us/105qlz

  • 2:16 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    Here's a quick video of more wild mushrooms at San Juan Market http://yfrog.us/3ytddz

  • 2:10 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    @pokano No the Mercado de San Juan is open to public. It's just where the chefs shop. 


  • 2:05 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    http://twitpic.com/cjbpe - At Sun morn Lagunilla antiques mkt, a stall makes perfect blue corn tlacoyos w wild greens, nopales, red chile

  • 12:53 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    http://twitpic.com/cj1dz - Quick stop@El Caguamo, Mexico City's best seafood streetstall. Cocktail of mackeral ceviche, crab, octopus, shrmp

  • 12:51 p.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    http://twitpic.com/cj124 - Spectacular wild mushrooms at Mercado de San Juan, the chefs market. Rainy season brings an amazing variety

  • 11:25 a.m. Aug. 2nd 2009
    http://twitpic.com/ciq5y - First stop today in Mexico City: my eternal favorite: churros at Churreria el Moro!


  • 6:42 p.m. Aug. 1st 2009
    http://twitpic.com/cg0af. Favorite Tortas at Tortas Don Polo: bacalao (salt cod), milanesa, cubana.



  • 5:27 p.m. Aug. 1st 2009
    http://twitpic.com/cfnvx. Contramar's grilled fish (pargo) with garlicky, tangy red chile adobo




  • 5:18 p.m. Aug. 1st 2009
    http://twitpic.com/cfmh7 - I am in heaven. In Mexico City w top Frontera staff eating at one of my favorite restaurants in world. Contramar.

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