Pati Jinich is the star of Pati’s Mexican Table, her PBS television series that has aired for 9 seasons and gets nearly 30 million views in the United States. The show has received three James Beard Awards for Best Culinary Television Program and Pati has also won the award for Outstanding Personality/TV Host. The show has also received three Daytime Emmy nominations and is streamed in 80 countries worldwide. Pati is also a celebrated cookbook author and the mother of three sons. She and Julia discuss how she left being a political analysts to start work in food media, only to find her way back to politics through food. They talk about the lack of ego in her work, the intention and stamina she puts into her show, how she fills her well, and what’s not willing to negotiate.

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• For more about Pati and her show and books, head here.
• For more about Julia's new book Simply Julia, head here.
• For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.
• For more about Oxo, head here.