Six Months of Cooking with Rick Bayless
April 2, 2012 - September 30, 2012
April 2 - April 8
Pick a dish to welcome our new chef, Rick Bayless!
April 9 - April 15
...because we could all do with more happy endings. Or beginnings. Or middles...
April 16 - April 22
Bring everybody's favorite condiment to your table or use it as an ingredient in a savory dish.
April 23 - April 29
Celebrate Earth Day with something grown in or fed from the earth.
April 30 - May 6
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Cinco de Mayo!
A time for celebration.
May 7 - 13
For Mom!
Honouring the moms in our lives, in all their forms. And if that's you - even better!
May 14 - 20
It was all Yellow
Put this sunny colour into your cooking!
May 21 - 27
Potluck!
Choose any Rick Bayless dish.
May 28 - June 3
Turn on the Grill!
Fire it up.
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June 4 - 10
Choose a tasty filling to wrap inside a warm tortilla, bread, etc. --or make the actual wrapper to be filled. Or do both.
June 11 - 17
Beans, beans...the musical fruit!
June 18 - 24
From a starter, to an accompaniment, to a meal. Simple or complex. Celebrate the start of summer with a salad!
June 25 - July 1
choose any Rick Bayless dish
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July 2 - 8
Fill your glass with a tasty beverage (alcohol optional - I suppose) and raise a toast!
July 9 - 15
Simmer up a simple summertime soup. Or, if soup in summer isn't your thing, choose a hot-weather side dish!
July 16 - 22
choose any Rick Bayless dish
July 23 - 29
Beat the heat with a cool treat - ice cream, popsicles, shaved ice, iced beverages....
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July 30 - August 5
Getting familiar with foods of the green variety - avocado, kiwi, chiles, lettuce, greens, herbs, cucumbers - you name it!
August 6 - 12
A celebration of chile peppers! Whether you use a few or a bucket full, it's time to break out the chiles.
August 13 - 19
Close your eyes and pretend you're on a tropical beach - what do you picture yourself eating and/or drinking?
August 20 - 26
Choose any Rick Bayless dish.
August 27 - September 2
A worldly adventure in global food choices. (Check out Rick & Lanie's Excellent Kitchen Adventures for ideas and recipes of Rick's from beyond Mexico.)
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September 3 - 9
It's all about the red...or shades of red...this week.
September 10 - 16
Celebration food to celebrate Mexico's independence
September 17 - 23
...because it's that time again - back to school!
September 24 - 30
Our final farewell and Potluck to commemorate our time with Rick Bayless
