La Frontera with Pati Jinich

From Dos Laredos to Mars

Pati Jinich, chef and James Beard Award-winning host, travels from Laredo and Nuevo Laredo to Brownsville, Texas. She learns how tight-knit family bonds are an underlying theme connecting everything in the Laredos, and throughout La Frontera.

From Dos Laredos to Mars

54m 43s

Pati Jinich, chef and James Beard Award-winning host, travels from Laredo and Nuevo Laredo to Brownsville, Texas. She learns how tight-knit family bonds are an underlying theme connecting everything in the Laredos, and throughout La Frontera.

Previews + Extras

  • Learn About Raspas: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Learn About Raspas

    S1 E2 - 4m 24s

    Pati travels to the Rio Grande Valley, just outside of McAllen, Texas to taste and learn about raspas, a flavored ice treat, unique to the region that come overloaded with an assortment of candy and fruit toppings. She visits the Margo Raspa stand to talk about the origin of raspas, the endless variety of options and why people in the Rio Grande Valley are so passionate about them.

  • Visit the Sabal Palm Sanctuary: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Visit the Sabal Palm Sanctuary

    S1 E2 - 3m 53s

    Pati visits the Sabal Palm Sanctuary just outside of Brownsville, Texas. This protected land is the last place to see how the dense sabal palm forests looked centuries ago before this border region was developed. It is also unique in that it is in US territory but located on the south side of the border wall, so Pati has to cross the border wall to visit this US sanctuary.

  • What Makes the 'Ultimo Taco': asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What Makes the 'Ultimo Taco'

    S1 E2 - 4m 23s

    Brownsville, Texas is known for being one of the best taco destinations on the entire US/Mexico border. Pati stops at Ultimo Tacos to learn why Brownsville became so known for tacos and how being at the border influences their recipes and flavors.

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