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Pati's Mexican Table
Tucson: Gateway to Sonora
Season 9
Episode 901
In Tucson, Pati learns the basics of artisan bread-making from one of America’s best bakers, Don Guerra of Barrio Bakery. This experience prompts her to cross into Sonora, Mexico, to see where the Sonoran wheat he uses originates. Pati takes what she learned back to her kitchen to create a menu of tasty recipes using wheat flour.
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Pati visits the pink lakes where Yucatán’s unique Las Coloradas salt is produced.
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