I've just bought a monkey: Chef Rick Bayless on his most rebellious childhood act
Long before the sprawling culinary empire, the Emmy nominated TV shows, the award-winning cookbooks and the White House invitations, Rick Bayless was just a regular kid growing up in Oklahoma City and working at his parents&apos BBQ restaurant. He played by the rules and wasn&apost the rebellious type.
Until, one day, on his way home from work, he bought a pet monkey.
It was an unprecedented act of rebellion that would forever change his family and teach him an indelible lesson on actions and consequences.
