Pati Jinich: James Beard Award–Winning Chef and NYT Best-Selling Cookbook Author

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4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Pati Jinich is a food extraordinaire. Not only is she an acclaimed chef known for exploring the rich culture of Mexico through food, but she is also the creator and host of the Emmy-nominated and James Beard Foundation award–winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table. She is the author of New York Times best-selling cookbook Treasures of the Mexican Table, and she is the creator of the culinary program at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., where she teaches classes rooted in Mexican history and tradition. On this episode, learn how a first life as a political analyst at a think tank in D.C. unexpectedly led Jinich to food, where she found her ultimate calling in contributing to a shared understanding between her two home countries, Mexico and the U.S.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Outwear, and
0:11.2	this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:17.2	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:21.0	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.
0:26.7	Today on the show, I'm speaking with the acclaimed chef and James Beard award-winning host,
0:32.6	Patty Hinnich.
0:34.4	Patty's career within the culinary world is both multidimensional and incredibly impressive.
0:41.6	She is the creator and host of the Emmy-nominated PBS series, Patty's Mexican Table, which
0:47.8	has brought Mexican flavors, colors, and textures into American homes for more than 10 years.
0:55.2	In her PBS special called La Framtera, she uses food as a vehicle to showcase the vibrant
1:00.7	people and culture along the largely misunderstood and misrepresented U.S. Mexico border.
1:07.8	Beyond her on-air work, Patty is a three-time author having just released her most recent
1:13.6	New York Times best-selling cookbook, Treasures of the Mexican Table, Last November.
1:19.8	And in case she wasn't busy enough, she is also the head chef of the Mexican Cultural
1:24.8	Institute in Washington, DC, where she creates curriculum and teaches classes rooted in
1:30.4	Mexican culinary history and traditions.
1:34.2	Throughout it all, Patty is deeply committed to building a shared understanding between
1:38.6	her two neighboring home countries, Mexico, where she was born, and the U.S., where she
1:44.6	lives.
1:46.1	And though it was applied quite differently, that intention can actually be traced back
1:50.6	to Patty's first life, during her early career as a political analyst at a think tank in
1:56.8	DC.
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