Pati's Mexican Table - Season 13

Pati's Mexican Table - Season 13

Season 13

On this season, Pati explores Mexico’s largest state, Chihuahua, plunging into its culinary soul: the intersection of indigenous, Mennonite, and mestizo cuisines. With scarce but wonderful ingredients, creativity and lots of sazón, Chihuahua’s food gives any other Mexican regional cuisine a run for its money. Be ready for adventures that go beyond the plate and a celebration of the unyielding spirit of Chihuahua.
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DatesSep 10, 2024 - Oct 11, 2024
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Episodes

Swinging Spirits
Season 13Episode 130 min

Swinging Spirits

In Ciudad Juárez, Pati joins in with a group of Pachuco dancers, who are passionately preserving this distinctive Prohibition-era culture’s traditions. Together they head to the iconic Kentucky Bar, rumored to be the birthplace of the margarita. Later, she savors an icon of Juárez’s food scene, the burrito, at Burritos El Compa where the Olivares are keeping their family legacy alive.
Sep 10, 2024
Canyon Cuisine
Season 13Episode 230 min

Canyon Cuisine

For the indigenous Rarámuri people, long-distance running through Chihuahua’s majestic Copper Canyon is a way of life. Pati meets the Moreno brothers, who are famous for winning ultramarathons. In Huetosachi, community leader María Monarca teaches Pati about the art of cooking with corn in Rarámuri cuisine, from nixtamalization to a traditional dish known as “chacales.”
Sep 11, 2024
Symphony of Flavors
Season 13Episode 330 min

Symphony of Flavors

In Chihuahua’s capital, Chihuahua City, Pati meets the first member of the Rarámuri people to become a world-famous pianist, Romeyno Gutiérrez, who teaches her the basics of Rarámuri music before taking her to his favorite barbacoa spot. Pati’s also invited into the home of Chef Ana Rosa Beltrán del Río to cook a few ancient Chihuahuan recipes and learn the art of drying chiles.
Sep 12, 2024
Revolutionary Bites
Season 13Episode 430 min

Revolutionary Bites

Pati journeys to Casas Grandes to experience the preserved foods, or “conservas,” that sustained people during the Mexican Revolution. She meets a family that has lived for generations at Hacienda de San Diego, Mexico’s “White House” for a day after the battle of Casas Grandes, including Diana Acosta and her mother, Sara Ramírez, who still preserves food the way they did during the war.
Sep 13, 2024
Cowboy Life
Season 13Episode 530 min

Cowboy Life

Pati saddles up for an exhilarating ride into the heart of Chihuahua’s ranch and rodeo life. She gets a lesson in roping and riding from rodeo champion Ricardo “Bubba” Nevárez and his friends, then is invited to a post practice carne asada. She also meets Chihuahua’s most influential cattle rancher, Álvaro Bustillos, at his Rancho El Arroyo, where the ranch cook serves up some cowboy delicacies.
Sep 16, 2024
Paquime & Pecans
Season 13Episode 630 min

Paquime & Pecans

In Casas Grandes, Pati rides in style with local art curator Mayte Luján in her 1960s Cadillac. Mayte owns a bed and breakfast, Las Guacamayas, where she invites Pati into the kitchen to make chile con queso in impossibly soft flour tortillas. Later, Pati learns about another tasty export from Chihuahua, pecans, at Gustavo Vázquez’s farm, where his family has been growing them for generations.
Oct 8, 2024
The Magic of Mata Ortiz
Season 13Episode 730 min

The Magic of Mata Ortiz

Pati visits Mata Ortiz, a village known for its exquisite pottery, and learns its history from local potter Tavo Silveira, who is known worldwide and even made a piece for the pope. Then Pati gets her hands dirty with talented duo Laura Bugarini and Héctor Gallegos, who teach her the basics of Mata Ortiz pottery. Turns out, Tavo can also cook and makes an asado de puerco feast in the town square.
Oct 9, 2024
Chihuahua's Cheesiest Cheese
Season 13Episode 830 min

Chihuahua's Cheesiest Cheese

Pati explores the culture of mysterious Mennonites, a religious community who came to Chihuahua from Germany. Mostly, she’s after what they’re best known for around Mexico, their cheese! She sees their traditional cheese-making process at Pampas Cheese Factory, the holder of the Guinness World Record for largest Mennonite cheese. Then she tries another local culinary innovation, Mennonite pizza.
Oct 10, 2024
Hidden Guachochi
Season 13Episode 930 min

Hidden Guachochi

In one of Chihuahua’s most remote areas, Guachochi, Pati shares a traditional Rarámuri meal with community leaders Alejandro Hernández and Margarita González, who advocate for land rights, political representation, and cultural preservation. At Kokoyome, a sustainable ranch in the Sinforosa Canyon, she learns about organic farming practices in the region.
Oct 11, 2024

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