She can't kill me for what I didn't do can she?
As I have mentioned I have had the opportunity to work along side Rick Bayless in the not too distant past...I got to cook one of his dishes in the parking lot of a gourmet grocery store in Des Moines as part of a book signing and then prepare some of his "signature" dishes for a fund raiser dinner for Iowa Public Television (funny thing is they don't even have any of his shows in their programing) and thought it was nice doing it. I was lead Chef for the reception (no pressure with the Chef looking in and offering tips) and got to know the Chef and have been in touch several times since then. I have been offered the chance to come to Chicago and have a job many times since then as well. Family is here and Holly doesn't want to go to a city like that so I have always said no...did again today.
Anyway...I have been told I can not get another cookbook no matter what...well Holly stopped to get the mail today and sure enough there was a box waiting for me...Chef Bayless had sent me a personalized and autographed copy of his 20th Anniversary Edition of Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico. I am in hopes she will not be able to kill me for getting another cookbook in this way...
It is just proof that even these "celebrity" Chefs are people too...
As I have mentioned I have had the opportunity to work along side Rick Bayless in the not too distant past...I got to cook one of his dishes in the parking lot of a gourmet grocery store in Des Moines as part of a book signing and then prepare some of his "signature" dishes for a fund raiser dinner for Iowa Public Television (funny thing is they don't even have any of his shows in their programing) and thought it was nice doing it. I was lead Chef for the reception (no pressure with the Chef looking in and offering tips) and got to know the Chef and have been in touch several times since then. I have been offered the chance to come to Chicago and have a job many times since then as well. Family is here and Holly doesn't want to go to a city like that so I have always said no...did again today.
Anyway...I have been told I can not get another cookbook no matter what...well Holly stopped to get the mail today and sure enough there was a box waiting for me...Chef Bayless had sent me a personalized and autographed copy of his 20th Anniversary Edition of Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico. I am in hopes she will not be able to kill me for getting another cookbook in this way...
It is just proof that even these "celebrity" Chefs are people too...
"Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected, by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table."-Charles Pierre Monselet, French author(1825-1888)