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 Mexico City Twitter Guide 2012


12:04 a.m. July 26th 2012
Super excited about the whole experience! RT @fourmichelle @Rick_Bayless hope see you saturday at #Mesamérica 2012, Mexico City

1:10 p.m. July 26th 2012
From Mesamerica: RT @LifeWorthEating "[Mexico] is one of the 3 richest wild mushroom countries on the planet" - Connie Green #MESAlll

1:10 p.m. July 26th 2012
RT @LifeWorthEating Chef Javier Plascencia at Mesamerica 2012 #MESA @JavPlascencia http://t.co/HzBEEskI

2:54 p.m. July 26th 2012
RT @LifeWorthEating Wow. Mexican mushrooms, via Connie Green #MESA http://t.co/UehDo529

1:50 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mex City, Mesamerica: this is the view I woke up to! Diana Cazadora statue on Reforma. I love this city http://t.co/4X7wBSPo

1:54 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: Rocio Sanchez (Noma) talking about their development process and her savory dessert http://t.co/iDLXmsUh

1:56 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: Mikel from Biko preparing very modern versions of traditional Mexicali flavors. http://t.co/hyC7pZ48

4:47 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: Steve Sando (Rancho Hordo) talking about his Xoxoc project of heirloom bean cultivation in Mexico http://t.co/gINgyvWC

5:18 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: a very emotional moment:Benito Molina (Manzanilla, Ensenada):20 yrs ago best restos of Mex were foreign.Now, all best r Mexican!

10:56 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: very talented Alex Stupak finishing 2 dishes of innovative masa preps: crispy waves, wires & crumbled tamal polenta

10:57 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: Stupak photo http://t.co/scSlZU1M

10:58 p.m. July 27th 2012
Mesamérica: the great Ricardo Muñoz giving a talk on 45 of the lesser-known chiles in Mexico! http://t.co/DAk7WkXf

11:01 p.m. July 27th 2012
Gerardo Vazquez hosted party @his family's 55yr-old Nico's. Best traditional resto n Mex City. Incred Mezcal, wine list http://t.co/pmtcFBv7

11:12 p.m. July 27th 2012
My chef/food-writer friends and me at Nico's RT @cmexicana Coctelito en @RNicos con su anfitrión @chefgevalu http://t.co/B4TKP8lo

7:26 a.m. July 28th 2012
MeroToro: Mexico's microbrews are delicious. More and more every month it seems. Oaxaca, SLP, DF, Tijuana, Edo de Mex http://t.co/8kIFtlsG

7:28 a.m. July 28th 2012
MeroToro: Chef. Jair Tellez' Baja Style: vuelve a la vida of percebes,clams,sea urchin & octopus salad w blood sausage http://t.co/ooihiOYP

7:30 a.m. July 28th 2012
MeroToro: chef Tellez, Gabi Cámara, my crew and friends in front of MeroToro in Condesa http://t.co/32Ibzc6T

10:45 a.m. July 29th 2012
Lagunilla mkt, Mex City: 1 if my fave street stalls selling sopes, tlacoyos, gorditas of blue corn masa http://t.co/sXZCnlYt

10:47 a.m. July 29th 2012
Lagunilla mkt, Mex City: fave street stall: tlacoyo w ricotta, wild greens, nopales http://t.co/tNmOlI4X

11:01 a.m. July 29th 2012
Lagunilla mkt, Mex City: everything's avail here: vanity plates, lucha libre, old bottles/pkgs of everything, eyeballs http://t.co/riBSdrmC2

2:44 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: some of the most beautifully displayed ripe produce in the world http://t.co/rnhvYvIq

2:44 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: largest selection of dried chiles anywhere http://t.co/5dVvzVyi

2:48 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: wild mushrooms (cepes, lobsters for $3/#!!), gorgeous huitlacoche and squash blossoms http://t.co/JAbJqVSn

3:50 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: incred heirloom beans (many runner beans and teparies) with black labios (:)) and colorines http://t.co/LZVzKcZA

3:51 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: the meat innards section is surreal. Buy pealed pigs face! Chicharrón presando &ctisp chicharrón r big http://t.co/Q5IzdXHf

3:58 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: delicious street food: my fave: lambs head tacos (cheek, brain, eye, tongue), huaraches.Even clowns eat http://t.co/bKhx1WMF

3:59 p.m. July 29th 2012
Merced Mkt, DF: you can buy everything you need to set up your own street stall! http://t.co/PWQb31ND

7:51 p.m. July 29th 2012
Limatour: amazing modern cocktails in the Roma. Get Sideways (Mezcal,Avera, Absinthe,bitters). Gr8 Mezcal cocktail list http://t.co/ef8vuHoX

9:01 p.m. July 29th 2012
El Hidalguense DF: AMAZING lamb barbacoa from Hidalgo. Perfect salsas,blue corn tortillas,mixiote of shrooms w epazote http://t.co/Uov8A5Jx

9:21 p.m. July 29th 2012
Los Insurgentes Pulquería: super-fun: lots of Banda/rancheros, pulque curado, Mohawks: pulque renaissance http://t.co/V5V8ZGnr

9:28 p.m. July 29th 2012
Dulce Patria, DF: my Chgo crew&I had a GREAT experience. IMPECCABLE service,modrn versions of trad dishes. No pics allowed

9:33 a.m. July 30th 2012
Mesamerica 7/28/12:Albert Adrià presentng pics&demo of dishes 4 his&Ferran's new MEXICAN project n Barcelona.Ea labeled http://t.co/gUR4SJEZ

9:35 a.m. July 30th 2012
Mesamerica 7/28/12: me wAlbert Adrià (top) & w Paco Mendez, Mexican chef in charge of new Adrià project in Barcelona http://t.co/4VXqjiiz

10:38 a.m. July 30th 2012
Quintonil Resto, DF: comfortable modern restaurant w talented young chef Jorge Vallejo evolving very trad flavors http://t.co/nBkxdmHZ

11 a.m. July 30th 2012
Juan Ramón Castillo's Que Bo! Chocs (gr8 flavors!) has new shop n DF Centro Histórico "DownTown" patio.Gr8 food&shops http://t.co/V6rlmI25

11:08 a.m. July 30th 2012
El Cardinal DF:gr8 bfast of aporreado (egg,cecina,guajillo) &huarache (morita salsa) w skirt stk&frijoles.Homade breads http://t.co/PVbFaWbq

12:29 p.m. July 30th 2012
Quintonil DF: salad of wild greens w stem/lime/OO emulsion, chrf tamal w raisin-chile sauce http://t.co/paKPFVVq

12:33 p.m. July 30th 2012
Quintonil DF: Hidalgo-style lamb barbacoa w its consome and garbanzo puree http://t.co/sOTgTT7l

12:34 p.m. July 30th 2012
Quintonil DF: creamy green rice w "perfect" egg, huauzontles (steamed&batter-fried) w creamy tomato sce & Chiapas chs http://t.co/nBW3NsoC

1:20 p.m. July 30th 2012
Quintonil DF: Mamey gels w crispy "cereal", Mamey IC & horchata sce, flan w caramel corn & amaranth tuile http://t.co/3zMpcbvC

2:01 p.m. July 30th 2012
Gr8 Ricardo Munoz' Azul Condesa tasted 2 mezcales, Jolgorio (Oax) of madrecuixe (supercomplex) & Guerrero (Gro) gentle http://t.co/CIDw1QKH

2:02 p.m. July 30th 2012
Azul Condesa: turkey in pipián blanco (güero chile, almond, sesame) w olives and capers and pickled chile http://t.co/YN97ymFN

2:06 p.m. July 30th 2012
Azul Condesa DF: venison w simple Coyoacan pipián (ancho, pepita), white sweet potato mash. http://t.co/CCqGZiIe

2:10 p.m. July 30th 2012
Azul Condesa DF: venison in Oaxacan chichilo negro made from chilhuacle negro chiles. http://t.co/7NRDdAWK

2:19 p.m. July 30th 2012
Condesa, DF: go to Nicolasa for wonderful selection of artisanal Mexican products. Inspiring! http://t.co/Voe6yBsC

3:29 p.m. July 30th 2012
Máximo Bistro DF: raw yellowtail w cuke/avoc salsa/chipotle mayo & aguachile of pismo&chocolata clams, avoc, apple http://t.co/wDkP2NOq

3:30 p.m. July 30th 2012
Máximo Bistro DF: Esmedregal fish w red chile-dried shrimp mole & pear http://t.co/7I6kSqeP

3:32 p.m. July 30th 2012
Máximo Bistro DF: local porcinis w garlic and herbs. I can still taste them 3 days later. http://t.co/Km8rPIpt

3:34 p.m. July 30th 2012
Máximo Bistro DF: the best suckling pigs in recent memory w charred cauliflower. http://t.co/SPhdd5l2

4:38 p.m. July 30th 2012
Medellín Mkt, La Roma DF: if the hugeness & chaos of Merced is too much for you, go to this amazing mkt in the Roma! http://t.co/50Ksi0WK

6:46 a.m. July 31st 2012
THANK YOU @josefisantacruz for the great Mezcal and even greater sal de gusano! Back in Chicago w a nightcap :) http://t.co/d1iEn16p

 

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