About this episode

Pati Jinich discusses her journey in cooking and storytelling, emphasizing the beauty of the U.S.-Mexico border.

With her shows Pati's Mexican Table and La Frontera and cookbooks Treasures of the Mexican Table and Mexican Today, Pati Jinich uses her exceptional empathy, political science background, and fearless curiosity to share the stories of the people living, creating, and cooking all around Mexico, and celebrate our shared humanity. For the Season 2 finale, Jinich joined Tinfoil Swans to talk about learning English by watching Sesame Street, her comfort with being laughed at, cooking nopalitos with eggs, and why now more than ever, she wants to celebrate the beauty of the U.S.-Mexico border. For more info visit: foodandwine.com/tinfoilswans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Food & Wine

Guest: Pati Jinich

Topics covered

• cooking
• cultural exchange
• Mexican cuisine
• storytelling
• bilingualism

Keywords

• Pati Jinich
• cooking
• Mexican cuisine
• U.S.-Mexico border
• bilingualism
• cultural exchange
• food stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Food & Wine

Books & works: Pati's Mexican Table, La Frontera, Treasures of the Mexican Table, Mexican Today

Places: U.S.-Mexico border

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