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Pati's Mexican Table
Swinging Spirits
Season 13
Episode 1301
In Ciudad Juárez, Pati joins in with a group of Pachuco dancers, who are passionately preserving this distinctive Prohibition-era culture’s traditions. Together they head to the iconic Kentucky Bar, rumored to be the birthplace of the margarita. Later, she savors an icon of Juárez’s food scene, the burrito, at Burritos El Compa where the Olivares are keeping their family legacy alive.
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Pati visits a neighborhood healing from tragedy, then dances at a historic hall honoring its spirit.
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Pati meets artists and storytellers, uncovering the magic woven into daily life in Mexico City.
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Pati rides a cable car and builds a bamboo bike to see how urban design is reshaping Mexico City.
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Pati visits Xochimilco’s canals and chinampas, meeting locals working to protect the axolotl.
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Pati dives into Mexico City's creativity, from giant Day of the Dead art to delicate papel picado.
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Pati learns the ancient history of Mexico City and tours the largest market in the world.
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Pati discovers Yucatán’s “league of their own” when she meets the Amazonas softball team.
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Pati tries different versions of Yucatán’s signature smoked meat Carne Ahumada in Temozón.
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Pati experiences the legacy of Yucatán’s henequén industry and a famous egg dish in Motul.