Smithsonian : Pati's Mexican Table

July 24, 2011

Living Earth Festival 2011

24 JULY 2011
2:00 to 5:00 PM

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will be hosting the second annual Living Earth Festival this July.

On July 24th, from 2 pm to 5 pm, there will be an Iron Chef-style cooking competition at the museum’s outdoor amphitheater between Mitsitam Cafe’s executive chef, Richard Hetzler, and Don McClellan, the executive chef at Atria Vista del Rio in Albuquerque, N.M.

I am honored to have been invited as a guest judge for the competition along with Scott Drewno, of The Source by Wolfgang Puck and Brian Patterson, chef instructor at L’Academie de Cuisine.

Come join us for the competition! You will also learn to create American Indian dishes and see live food demonstrations with farmers and artisans from the Hopi, Tesuque Pueblo and Tuscarora tribes!

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July 10, 2009

I Spice: Vanilla

“Recently, I was lucky enough to be able to attend a vanilla class taught by Patricia Jinich, chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, where she sauteed vanilla bean for a salad! She said that, contrary to popular belief, vanilla did not originate in Madagascar but in Veracruz, Mexico. And she shared a love story about the legend behind the pod…”

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June 26, 2009

The Vanilla Route for the Smithsonian Institution

26 JUNE 2009
6:30 to 9:00 PM

Sip a torito cocktail while Patricia Jinich demonstrates the preparation of delectable dishes from the state of Veracruz, one of Mexico’s leading culinary centers and where vanilla -one of Mexico’s leading culinary contributions to the culinary world – originated.

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