On this season of Pati’s Mexican Table, Pati explores Nuevo León, a sprawling northeastern border state draped in dazzling mountains and miles of desert. Defined by its sparse ingredients, proximity to the US border, and influences from Sephardic Jewish culinary roots, the flavors here are truly distinctive. And what Nuevo León lacks in ingredients, it makes up for with resourceful, creative people who are finding innovative ways to transform traditional flavors into familiar but exciting new experiences. This is the land of cabrito and carne asada. Multi-generational families all over the state gather at carne asadas weekly to share stories, connect, roast cabritos on fire spits and throw handmade flour tortillas directly onto the coals.

Season 10 Episode 1 - Welcome to Guadalajara

Pati explores the culinary highlights of Jalisco’s capital city, Guadalajara. She starts at a legendary street cart for a taste of the city’s most iconic sandwich, tortas ahogadas. Then, she meets up with one of the city’s best chefs, Fabian Delgado, to see how he’s setting new expectations for the market food experience. In her kitchen, Pati makes bolillos and a torta (called lonche in Jalisco) filled with a local staple, tatemado de puerco. Air Date : 15th-Sep-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 2 - Food Meets Art

Guadalajara is the cultural epicenter of Jalisco, drawing some of the most creative artists, musicians and chefs from all over Mexico. In this episode, Pati explores some unique spots where food and art truly connect. At Ceramica Suro, she gets a tour of the ceramics factory that supplies dishware and textiles to some of the finest restaurants in Mexico and the US. Then she visits two chefs, Poncho Cadena and Fernanda Covarrubias, who both create artistic, colorful dishes that are almost too beautiful to eat. In her kitchen, Pati makes an almond tres leches cake and another dish inspired by her experiences. Air Date : 22nd-Sep-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 3 - Jalisco Classics

Pati stops at a couple of Guadalajara’s most beloved restaurants for two of the region’s classic recipes. At Super Menuderia Cano, Pati learns the secrets to their menudo recipe that’s so good people line up down the block waiting to get in. Then, she visits Birriera Chololo, where locals say the birria is second to none. Back in her kitchen, Pati keeps the classics theme going by perfecting her own recipes for a few Jalisco favorites: menudo, tepache and jericalla. Air Date : 29th-Sep-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 4 - Los Mariachis

Some say that Jalisco is the birthplace of Mariachi. In this episode, Pati learns about the history, the instruments and the meaning behind that beloved music that pulls at the heart strings of so many Mexicans. In Guadalajara, she sits down for lunch with the leader of one of Mexico’s most accomplished bands, Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán. Then, she visits a guitar shop owned by true craftsmen, with an interesting new take on the mariachi guitar. In her kitchen, Pati makes carne en su jugo and Masa Shortcake. Air Date : 6th-Oct-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 5 - Escaramuza

Jalisco is famous for its charros. But, in this episode, Pati experiences a unique and storied part of this part of the culture: the Escaramuza. An all-female horse riding and skills competition honoring the woman charros who fought for Mexico’s independence. Pati meets with one of the best competitors in Jalisco to learn about the history, rules and meaning behind the competition and watches as she coaches the next generation of young female riders during one of their biggest competitions of the year. In the kitchen, Pati makes Jalisco-style birria and her friend, pastry chef and cookbook author Fany Gerson, joins her to make Mexican jello for dessert. Air Date : 13th-Oct-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 6 - Tradition and Innovation

Pati meets chef and historian Maru Toledo who is working to preserve and pass on some of Jalisco’s most important regional recipes. She then goes to Hacienda Romo for a first hand look at the influence of hacienda culture and meets a family that built their legacy on tequila and agave, but are now using an entirely new crop, blueberries, to create more jobs and opportunities for workers, specifically women, in Jalisco. Back home in her kitchen, Pati makes Jalisco-style chicken tamales and chile relleno rice dressed with salsa roja. Air Date : 20th-Oct-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 7 - Getting to the Roots

Pati meets the young chefs and owners of one of Guadalajara’s most exciting new restaurants, Xokol, where they are reconnecting with their roots and using heritage corn to create a menu full of delicious dishes. In Tequila, she visits Chef Marin from Solar de Las Animas, who creates a drink and dessert inspired by his grandmother. Back home, Pati invites her friend Francisco Migoya over to make one of his acclaimed desserts to go with a meal she loves, pellizcada and chicharrón in salsa verde. Air Date : 27th-Oct-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 8 - The heart of Tequila

Pati visits one of Jalisco’s most popular tourist destinations and the birthplace of Mexico’s most famous spirit, Tequila. She explores the town, learns about the history of tequila making, and gets an up-close look at the whole process from the agave fields to the tasting table. At home, Pati makes a big brunch of corn tortilla egg nests with salsa verde con chile de árbol and a traditional arroz rojo. Air Date : 3rd-Nov-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 9 - Double Vallarta

Pati is in one of Mexico’s most popular beach destinations, the beautiful, charming town of Puerto Vallarta. She gets an insider’s tour of the best street food from one of Puerto Vallarta’s most acclaimed chefs, Thierry Boulet, and visits one of the city’s best new restaurants, La Docena, which is helping to revitalize El Malecón. Then, she gets a behind the scenes tour of one of Nuevo Vallarta’s biggest resort destinations to learn the ins and outs of what it takes to serve thousands of vacationers every single day. As the sun sets, she hits the beach for a demonstration of one of the region’s specialties, pescado zarandeado. Air Date : 10th-Nov-2021  Read More

Season 10 Episode 10 - Tacos and a Tostada

In this episode, Pati celebrates everyone’s favorite Mexican creation, the taco. She tries two of Jalisco’s best tacos — marlin tacos in Puerto Vallarta and barbacoa tacos in Guadalajara. In her kitchen, Pati creates a pair of Jalisco-inspired tacos and a Ceviche tostada that are sure to satisfy any true taco-lover. Air Date : 17th-Nov-2021  Read More