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“On Mar. 30, Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan proudly introduced Mexico’s newest culinary star Patricia Jinich as the “culinary ambassador to the United States” at a cocktail reception at the Mexican Cultural Center prior to the launch of “Pati’s Mexican Table” which aired on WETA TV 26 on Apr. 2…”
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The Georgetowner: Mexico Salutes “Pati’s Mexican Table”
“When chef and writer Pati Jinich warms up to a subject on Mexican cooking, any subject on Mexican cooking, she’ll start talking fast, her musical words barely keeping up with the thoughts racing through her head. Her hands will become animated, as much to make a connection as to punctuate a point. She likes to tough people lightly on the arm or, more emphatically, point at them when they say something she likes. She laughs as if everything you say is comedic gold.
Sometimes it seems as if Pati Jinich — she prefers the informal name — could turn a misanthrope into butter or, perhaps more surprising…”
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The Washington Post: Pati Jinich: Made for TV
“Patricia Jinich, executive chef at D.C.’s Mexican Cultural Institute, spilled her big news last week at “The Moles of Oaxaca” dinner, announcing the debut next month of her brand new PBS television series, “Pati’s Mexican Table”…
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The Examiner: Mexico’s Newest Food Star
“I’m a bit of a rice connoisseur. It’s probably in the genes.
I know good rice when I see it, and I know great rice when I taste it.
So when I watched Mexican Cultural Institute chef Patricia Jinich unveil her arroz amarillo (yellow rice), my head began to spin.
This steamy pot of golden fluffiness looked almost too good to be true…”
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The Examiner: All I want for Christmas is a cooking class
“Petite, energetic and possibly the most exuberant female chef in town, Mexican-born Patricia Jinich runs the culinary programs for the Mexican Cultural Institute, and with her contagious enthusiasm for Mexican culture and food, has attracted countless visitors to the landmark building on upper 16th Street”
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The Examiner: Chef brings her native taste of Mexico to DC
“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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I Spice: Vanilla
“You know how some people just light up a room? In Patricia Jinich’s case it’s more than just a smile, although hers is spectacular. Its her unique combination of grace, modesty, passion and energy that does it. She also happens to have quickly become one of my favorite cooking teachers in the city. When I finally made it to one of her classes…”
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The Washington Post: Welcome to Pati’s Table
To say that Patricia Jinich comes from a family passionate about food may be an understatement…
“In my family, cooking is the main thing that everybody talks about,” the Bethesda resident says. As she was growing up, she recalls, “cooking was a big, exciting production — always…Food was the main, happy topic”
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WJW: In Focus
Rolled, sauced and oozing with melted cheese, enchiladas could be called the Mexican equivalent of an American burger or an Italian lasagna: a familiar dish that nearly everyone likes to eat.
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Express Night Out: The Whole Enchilada
“En la reunión de redacción previa a la edición del Cinco de Mayo surgió la idea de reunir a un grupo de mexicanos que vivieran en el área y que representaran acción pura, que destacaran en sus trabajos, que reflejaran los valores, las ganas, la rebeldía y la fuerza del inmigrante que se abre camino y alcanza una meta. Surgieron nombres a borbotones. La lista final se consolidó en seis: Ricardo Juarez, activista; Patricia Jinich, chef; Gustavo Velasquez, director de la Oficina de Derechos Humanos en DC… “
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CBS This Morning: Chef Pati Jinich’s Cinco de Mayo feast
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