How Much History Is In A Burrito? with Pati Jinich

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week’s episode is as nourishing as they get, as chef Pati Jinich joins Jonathan to discuss cuisines along the US-Mexico border, holiday foods she associates with growing up in Mexico, and what we can learn from taking a bite out of a burrito. Pati Jinich is a James Beard Award-winning Mexican chef who has dedicated her career to building a shared understanding between her two home countries: Mexico and the United States. Her long-running PBS series Pati’s Mexican Table has brought Mexican flavors, colors and textures into American homes and kitchens, as viewers have watched Pati thoughtfully and enthusiastically guide them through the various geographic regions of the country. Pati is also the host of the recently released PBS Primetime special La Frontera, which highlights the unique foods and culture along the Texas-Mexico border, and has authored three cookbooks including the recently released Treasures of the Mexican Table. You can follow Pati on Instagram and Twitter @PatiJinich, and learn more about her work at patijinich.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious, I'm Jonathan Vaness.
0:02.5	And every week I sit down for a gorgeous conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:08.7	On today's episode, I'm joined by Patty Eeneach, where I ask her,
0:12.9	what can food tell us about the US Mexico border?
0:18.4	Welcome to Getting Curious, this is Jonathan Vaness. I cannot wait for our guest this week.
0:23.8	She's major, we're going to talk about a really major subject, which is food. Welcome to the show without any more build up.
0:32.9	Patty Eeneach, who is a James Beard award-winning chef, who has dedicated her career to building a shared understanding between her two home countries, Mexico and the United States.
0:44.1	And you have a new PBS special called La Frontera, in which you use food as a vehicle to explore the culture and people of the Texas Mexico border.
0:52.7	Her third cookbook out now is Tragers of the Mexican Table.
0:56.4	Bienvenidos a Getting Curious, como es das Patty.
1:00.4	Oh my god, I can't, I can't, if you talk Spanish to me, I'm going to have to jump through the screen.
1:07.6	Pedro Puedo, ablar, español, perro, necesito, ablar, um, un poquito lentamente, por que me,
1:15.1	hoy de las palabras. No no no, esto está precioso, esto está precioso, we can just talk Spanish, está precioso, me encanta tu acento, me encanta tu español, me encanta todo tú.
1:27.8	Así que a donde quieras y lo que quieras.
1:30.4	Un otro tiempo, necesito, clase de español, contigo, asemos un tiempo later, because you are a very fun after person,
1:46.4	we only have like 58 minutes and I've just took two minutes to say a basic, like they're a great sentence.
1:50.8	So here's the thing though, excuse my French, but what the fuck are we supposed to make for the holiday season?
1:56.7	Okay, like we are so sick of all the same things and we need change, we need new things.
2:04.0	But first of all, how are you? I'm going to stop talking now, Jesus, that was such a long time.
2:07.7	Oh my god, no, no, keep on talking. I can just sit here, you are so delightful, you're so entertaining.
2:14.1	First of all, we need to do a full immersion in Mexico. You come with me, we go to Mexico to a place where nobody speaks English.
2:22.9	I do not speak English to you and we go full español anytime whenever you want.
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