Food and Drink mini-series: Rethinking Mexican food and drink

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the final bonus episode in our mini-series on food and drink. This week we are joined by two women who are at the forefront of a movement to elevate Mexican food and drink around the world: chef Pati Jinich and tequila maker Bertha González Nieves. Pati and Bertha were interviewed by the FT’s drinks columnist Alice Lascelles during a live conversation at the US FT Weekend Festival. Pati is a chef on a mission to educate people about the diversity of Mexican food, which she explores on her PBS show La Frontera. Bertha leads a luxury small-batch tequila brand called Casa Dragones, which is working to redefine tequila as a spirit to sip and savour. She’s also the first woman tequila distiller to earn the title “maestra tequilera”.

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Links:

– Lilah’s interview with Pati Jinich for the podcast last year: https://link.chtbl.com/FTW-patijinich

– The tequila story featuring Bertha Gonzáles Nieves in FT Weekend Magazine: https://on.ft.com/3CBVsJ1

– Lilah recommends Pati’s cookbook Treasures of the Mexican Table: https://patijinich.com/cookbook/treasures-of-the-mexican-table/

– Pati’s original nachos recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021572-the-original-nachos

– A recent piece in the FT by Jancis Robinson about Mexican wine: https://on.ft.com/3NCFrYv

– A food tour of Mexico City from the FT: https://on.ft.com/3PnlN4Z

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This episode was produced by Zach St Louis. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.

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0:00.0	F.T. Weekend Food and Drink is supported by Plymouth Gin.
0:07.1	Hi listeners, welcome to the fourth and final episode of our special mini-series on Food and Drink.
0:15.3	Today I am bringing you a live conversation from the recent USFT weekend festival about one of my favorite topics,
0:22.7	Mexican food and drink. It's hosted by my colleague, our drinks columnist Alice LaSalle,
0:28.2	and you'll hear from two women who are elevating Mexican cuisine and culture around the world.
0:34.3	Patty Inich and Berta Gonzalez-Nievis. Patty is a chef and also the author of three best-selling cookbooks.
0:41.3	My personal favorite is treasures of the Mexican table.
0:44.3	She's also the host of the TV show La Frontera on PBS,
0:48.3	where she brings us to eat with her on the U.S.-Mexico border.
0:52.3	Patty is kind of like a food diplomat.
0:55.6	And I love how she explores all the ways that Mexican food is just a lot more diverse than
1:00.5	the tacos and the quesidillas that you know.
1:03.7	Berta is the CEO and co-founder of Casa Dragones, which is a small luxury tequila company.
1:10.7	She's also the first woman designated a master tequila.
1:14.5	I spent some time with Berta for a piece about tequila that I've put in the show notes.
1:19.0	She's really interesting.
1:20.1	She's sort of helped to rebrand tequila for Americans as this high-end spirit that you should
1:25.3	probably be sipping.
1:27.4	Okay, this is a great conversation.
1:29.3	Let's get into it.
1:30.5	This is FT Weekend, the podcast special edition.
1:33.8	I'm Lila Raptopoulos.
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