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Matzo ball soup with a Mexican twist
The Mexican saying La mejor comida Mexicana es la que se come en la calle y en la casa means "the best Mexican food is the food we eat on the street and at home." Pati Jinich lives in Washington, DC.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readThe Mexican saying La mejor comida Mexicana es la que se come en la calle y en la casa means "the best Mexican food is the food we eat on the street and at home." Pati Jinich lives in Washington, DC. now but she spent her youth in Mexico City and is headed back there to shoot the next season of her James Beard-nominated PBS series, Pati's Mexican Table. Pati tells us about how her Jewish-Mexican roots informed the recipes in her latest cookbook, Mexican Today: New and Rediscovered Recipes for Contemporary Kitchens. Find her recipe for matzo ball soup with mushrooms and jalapeños on the Good Food blog.
Music: "Count This Paper" (Instrumental) by Taylorman, featuring Mic Rome, S.M.
The full episode
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Schmaltz, artichokes, matzo and lamb- 0:30The New Mediterranean Jewish Table
- 8:57Rhapsody in Schmaltz
- 22:54A roasted leg of lamb recipe for Passover
- 30:35Matzo ball soup with a Mexican twistYou’re reading this
- 48:30Jonathan Gold dines at Moruno
The full episode
4 of 5Schmaltz, artichokes, matzo and lamb- 0:30The New Mediterranean Jewish Table
- 8:57Rhapsody in Schmaltz
- 22:54A roasted leg of lamb recipe for Passover
- 30:35Matzo ball soup with a Mexican twistYou’re reading this
- 48:30Jonathan Gold dines at Moruno