‎La Frontera with Pati Jinich - Apple TV

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Savor the sights, sounds and flavors of the U.S.-Mexico border alongside acclaimed chef and James Beard Award-winning host Pati Jinich as she experiences the region’s rich culture, people and cuisine. Travel with Pati to El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville as she shares meals with locals from all walks of life and reflects on the melding of cultures.

Documentary · 2021 · 55 min

Starring Pati Jinich

EPISODE 1

Miles from Nowhere

Acclaimed chef and James Beard Award-winning host Pati Jinich, travels the US-Mexico border. In Miles from Nowhere, Pati travels from El Paso and Ciudad Juarez to Big Bend National Park. She discovers the people, places, and food that make it unique. Old and new friends help Pati discover the best places to eat and what makes the culture and economy of the region distinct.

54 min · Oct 15, 2021
EPISODE 2

From Dos Laredos to Mars

Acclaimed chef and James Beard Award-winning host Pati Jinich, travels the US-Mexico border. In From Dos Laredos to Mars, Pati travels from Laredo and Nuevo Laredo to Brownsville, Texas. She learns how tight-knit family bonds are an underlying theme connecting everything in the Laredos, and throughout La Frontera.

54 min · Oct 22, 2021
EPISODE 1

Fronterizos of the Golden Coast

Chef and James Beard Award winner Pati Jinich travels from San Diego and Tijuana to Mexicali. She meets the fronterizos, or borderlanders, of the golden coast to experience the melding of cultures, cross-border collaborations, and explosive growth. She meets a muralist, joins in the first collaboration of two gay men’s choruses, tries wine aged in the ocean, gets in the boxing ring, and more.

55 min · Apr 3, 2023
EPISODE 2

Ancient Seeds & Desert Ghosts

Chef and James Beard Award winner Pati Jinich travels along both sides of the Arizona-Sonora border through some of the most untouched places in North America. She explores a playground for dentists, hunts for an ancient chile, meets the caretaker of a ghost town, drops water for migrants in the desert, meets a painter with a dark past, and much more.

54 min · Apr 10, 2023
EPISODE 3

Back to the Middle

Chef and James Beard Award winner Pati Jinich travels from Nogales through the border region of New Mexico and Chihuahua, which offers some of the most unique and bio-diverse places in the world. She meets famed architect Ronald Rael, observes migratory species affected by the border wall, visits a remote Mennontie camp, and more.

54 min · Apr 17, 2023

Pati Jinich

Host