The Mary & Tracy Show: Important People series - #1

TOPICS:  RICK BAYLESS (CHEF) & RAIN (KOREAN POPSTAR)

This week we talked about 2 fascinating people:

-  Rick Bayless, Chef Extraordinaire of fine dining Mexican Cuisine

Re: his delicious mole "When it comes to the mole, the [judges] can't praise it highly enough, and Jay suggests that they all just make "strange guttural noises" for a few minutes to describe how they felt."  Source:  TWOP Episode Review:  “Top Chef,” Season 1, Episode 10, FINALE, aired 8/19/09, when Rick Bayless was  announced winner and Master Chef.

and

-  Rain, Korean Popstar, Most Influential Person in the World in Time Magazine's Reader's Poll

In regards to this young man, Time Magazine stated, "The   face of Pop Globalism, i.e., no   longer goes only west to east, it 'rains on everyone.'” – Source:  Time Magazine Biography of Rain dated April 30, 2006.  Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187264,00.html; see also Photo Essay: RAIN