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# Pati Jinich: Milanesa de Pollo and Mashed Potatoes
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2023/08/pati-jinich-milanesa-de-pollo-and-mashed-potatoes/
- Published: 2023-08-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:51:28.000Z
- Description: Mexico City native Pati Jinich made an unusual career change: from a political analyst at a Washington, D.C. think tank to a cooking teacher and, eventually, award-winning PBS host. For over a decade, she’s been sharing her love of Mexico and Mexican cooking with the masses through her shows Pati
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_9a1397a0-4e17-4318-bb51-d6c426f63abe

Mexico City native [Pati Jinich](https://patijinich.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) made an unusual career change: from a political analyst at a Washington, D.C. think tank to a cooking teacher and, eventually, award-winning PBS host. For over a decade, she’s been sharing her love of Mexico and Mexican cooking with the masses through her shows *Pati's Mexican Table* and *La Frontera.*

Pati is Mexican-Jewish, and grew up eating Mexican takes on classic Ashkenazi Jewish dishes. So after speaking with Jinich, host Rachel Belle also interviews the authors of the new book [*Kugels and Collards*](https://kugelsandcollards.org/?ref=cascadepbs.org) about another lesser-known mashup: Jewish South Carolina cooking!

And in taco news: After 35 years, the phrase Taco Tuesday is finally free from a federal trademark! Rachel digs into the whole story.

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