An Evening with Pati Jinich and Anna Spiegel

Join us for an advance screening of the closing episode of Season 14 of Pati’s Mexican Table, Pati Jinich’s long running part travelogue-part cooking PBS series. We will view the finale episode, “For Love and Family,” in advance of the episode’s official public release on November 21. Following the screening, Jinich will be in conversation with Axios’s Anna Spiegel to discuss the episode, and amongst other things, her Mexican Jewish Roots and the history of the Mexican Jewish Community. Followed by Q&A with the audience.

Program Schedule 

6:30 – 7:15 pm | Cocktail Reception + Book Signing

7:30 – 8:30 pm | Screening and Talkback

Guests attending the pre-viewing cocktail reception will receive a copy of Jinich’s New York Times Best Selling cookbook, Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets (November 23, 2021) and light refreshments. Jinich will sign copies of her book during the reception. Ticket includes screening and talkback.

About Pati’s Mexican Table, PBS

Season 14 “México Mágico: Mexico City”

Pati returns to Mexico City to rediscover the flavors, stories, and memories that shaped her. From floating gardens and bustling markets to family meals and timeless traditions, she delves into the soul of her hometown. A place where every bite, dance, and conversation reveals a city brimming with heart, heritage, and hope.

Episode 9 “For Love and Family”

Pati reconnects with her Jewish heritage in Mexico City alongside historian Mónica Unikel-Fasja, visiting places filled with childhood memories and history. Later, she joins her sister, Karen Drijanski, at her restaurant Niddo to cook, laugh, and reminisce over pancakes and chilaquiles, celebrating family, identity, and the stories that have shaped her life.

About Pati Jinich

Pati Jinich is the 4x James Beard Award-winning and Emmy-nominated host and executive producer of La Frontera, her PBS Primetime docuseries that reveals untold stories from the US-Mexico border; Pati’s Mexican Table going on its 14th season, which has brought Mexican flavors into American homes and her newest PBS Primetime series, Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana, where she expands her mission to the entirety of the Americas, from Alaska to Argentina. A former political analyst, Pati has made it her life’s work to build greater understanding between her two home countries: Mexico where she was born and the United States where she currently resides and is raising her family. In addition to her television work, she is a New York Times bestselling author with 3 cookbooks, including her most recent Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets and How to Write a Cookbook, and has contributed to publications including The New York Times. Recently named the Washington Post’s “Post Next; 50 People Shaping Our Society in 2025”, the International Association for Culinary Professionals just announced she will receive the 2025 IACP Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the Culinary World. Her fourth cookbook will be published in the Fall of 2024.