Exclusive: The Good Life, With Rick Bayless
Cookbook author, restauranteur and host of the PBS show Mexico: One Plate at a Time, Rick Bayless has never met a taco he couldn’t reinterpret. With his Frontera Farmer Foundation, the chef provides grants to small, sustainable farms in the Chicago area. His latest foray into food has him prepping to do a show called Cascabel at the Lookingglass Theater. It’s been described as “Chef du Soleil.” Here, he tells us about raising money for kid musicians and his current aversion to the news.
My favorite place in the world is… My backyard in Chicago.
If I could change the world, I would start with… [Changing] how people get their food.
My last random act of kindness was… Appearing on a local TV show where a kids’symphony was playing live to raise dollars to save their program. I volunteered to match every dollar they raised that day. The total ended up being $10,000.
My favorite green product is… My glass BKR water bottle (mybkr.com).
It would be easier to be green if only… The perceptions of the cost of being green were balanced with the overall big picture price.
Right now, I’m addicted to... Failblog.org, because it cracks me up.
Right now, I’m avoiding… The news.
My superhero power would be… Flying or to be invisible.
Our next President should focus on… I hope our next President is the same one we have now and that the focus will be on what he originally planned to do.
My eco rule of thumb is… Don’t drink out of plastic bottles.
My last eco faux pas was… Non-existent. I am on it.
Next on my life to-do list is… Appearing on a stage doing a play with food as a character.
The Good Life is TakePart’s weekly probe into the mind of a fascinating person.
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