Pati Jinich’s Jew­ish iden­ti­ty has been shaped in large part by her grand­par­ents, par­tic­u­lar­ly her grand­moth­ers, from whom she learned how to weave Jew­ish her­itage from the coun­tries they came from with their new home in Mex­i­co, and how, by way of the kitchen, they learned to grow roots in Mex­i­co. The idea that iden­ti­ty is some­thing peo­ple car­ry, adapt, and express through every­day life, espe­cial­ly through food — has stayed with Jinich always. So now, as a Jew­ish Mex­i­can woman liv­ing in the Unit­ed States, Pati finds her­self con­tin­u­ing that weav­ing — bring­ing togeth­er her Mex­i­can, Jew­ish, and Amer­i­can iden­ti­ties in a way that feels alive and ever-chang­ing. Judaism, for her, is deeply tied to fam­i­ly, mem­o­ry, and the act of gath­er­ing; Mex­i­co gave her a sense of fla­vor, warmth, and cre­ativ­i­ty; and the Unit­ed States has giv­en her a place to share those sto­ries and con­nec­tions more broad­ly. These iden­ti­ties aren’t sep­a­rate — they enrich one anoth­er, and togeth­er they shape how Jinich cooks, tells sto­ries, and how she under­stands where she comes from.