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Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Following Eva Longoria as she travels Mexico to explore food ranging from tequila to mole sauce.

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But the people
of Nuevo León and Texas - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But the people of Nuevo León and Texas

He was 11 years old, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

He was 11 years old,

Every time I'm in Mexico,
this is my daily ritual. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Every time I'm in Mexico, this is my daily ritual.

Nowhere is this more present
than in the state capital, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Nowhere is this more present than in the state capital,

And I'm going to discover
the diversity - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

And I'm going to discover the diversity

The enticing smell
of this bakery - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The enticing smell of this bakery

Wendy Perez
has been eating her way - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Wendy Perez has been eating her way

Only 60 miles wide,
Veracruz stretches - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Only 60 miles wide, Veracruz stretches

[speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

[speaking Spanish]

The locals are nicknamed
regios, meaning "royals." - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The locals are nicknamed regios, meaning "royals."

I always time my arrival - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I always time my arrival

These warm waters are home
to around 120 species of fish. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

These warm waters are home to around 120 species of fish.

But cochinita pibil
is slow-cooked pork - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But cochinita pibil is slow-cooked pork

And when the daily grind
is over, just like us Texans, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

And when the daily grind is over, just like us Texans,

Sweet, fluffy, and topped
with crunchy sugar, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Sweet, fluffy, and topped with crunchy sugar,

But fishermen have been
selling just five of them, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But fishermen have been selling just five of them,

Guadalajara is known
as the Pearl of the West. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Guadalajara is known as the Pearl of the West.

Now an award-winning chef
is campaigning - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Now an award-winning chef is campaigning

[both speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

[both speaking Spanish]

The first stop
is an unassuming area - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The first stop is an unassuming area

Oh, my God. [laughs] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Oh, my God. [laughs]

I'm going to the award-winning
restaurant, IXI'IM, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I'm going to the award-winning restaurant, IXI'IM,

This is every guy
I dated in high school. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

This is every guy I dated in high school.

But Oaxaca's
most famous ingredient, cacao, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But Oaxaca's most famous ingredient, cacao,

I'm in downtown Monterrey
to meet Alejandro Gutierrez, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I'm in downtown Monterrey to meet Alejandro Gutierrez,

It may look like
a simple sandwich, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

It may look like a simple sandwich,

It's run by Luis Ronzón, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

It's run by Luis Ronzón,

Erick Guerrero left - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Erick Guerrero left

And chocolate went on
to become a cornerstone - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

And chocolate went on to become a cornerstone

He's invited me to experience - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

He's invited me to experience

[lively music] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

If you want
your chocolate fix, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

If you want your chocolate fix,

But I'm not talking - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But I'm not talking

[dog barks] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

In the last 70 years,
its population has exploded - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

In the last 70 years, its population has exploded

I know it's not
the prettiest thing, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I know it's not the prettiest thing,

Luis starts
by cooking the pork - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Luis starts by cooking the pork

Oaxaca's Willy Wonkas - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Oaxaca's Willy Wonkas

And if chilangos were a food,
they'd be a taco. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

And if chilangos were a food, they'd be a taco.

- [speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- [speaking Spanish]

They are the lifeblood here... - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

They are the lifeblood here...

Delicious pork
pre-cooked for hours - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Delicious pork pre-cooked for hours

The perfect fuel to eat
on the go - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The perfect fuel to eat on the go

Alex's personal blend
combines cinnamon with almonds - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Alex's personal blend combines cinnamon with almonds

- This pig is a descendant
of the same breed - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- This pig is a descendant of the same breed

But what steals the show here - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But what steals the show here

It's the perfect alchemy - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

It's the perfect alchemy

The bread here is
very influenced - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The bread here is very influenced

- We call it carne asada,
but we don't - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- We call it carne asada, but we don't

This is it?
- [speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

This is it? - [speaking Spanish]

- Gabriela Rentería
is a journalist - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- Gabriela Rentería is a journalist

- The fire unites us.
[speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- The fire unites us. [speaking Spanish]

When the French
invaded in 1864, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

When the French invaded in 1864,

- The oil from the nuts
turns the dry beans - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- The oil from the nuts turns the dry beans

The Spanish brought
this citrus gem, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The Spanish brought this citrus gem,

[upbeat music] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

[speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

[speaking Spanish]

The story goes that a French
sergeant, Camille Pirrotte, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The story goes that a French sergeant, Camille Pirrotte,

Here, it's mixed with spices - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Here, it's mixed with spices

- Cooking over fire goes all
the way back to the nomads, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- Cooking over fire goes all the way back to the nomads,

The warm, wet climate enabled
him to make sourdough, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

The warm, wet climate enabled him to make sourdough,

But the aroma-- - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But the aroma--

This chocolate
is a direct connection - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

This chocolate is a direct connection

But it was the Spanish
in the 1500s - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

But it was the Spanish in the 1500s

Also known as sailor's grunt, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Also known as sailor's grunt,

- Yeah, because
you can find every taco, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- Yeah, because you can find every taco,

- The marinated pig is
entombed in a steel box - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- The marinated pig is entombed in a steel box

- There are dozens
of taco varieties - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- There are dozens of taco varieties

Originally, the bread fell
into this marvelous sauce - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Originally, the bread fell into this marvelous sauce

[laughter] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I think I'll have mine
a little less spicy - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I think I'll have mine a little less spicy

- Hola.
- [speaking Spanish] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- Hola. - [speaking Spanish]

[horn honks] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

So there's no better place - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

So there's no better place

I'm gonna get a T-shirt
that says, "More salsa!" - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I'm gonna get a T-shirt that says, "More salsa!&qu...

- Right. And this is
a romantic technique, no? - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- Right. And this is a romantic technique, no?

- For a cut this thick,
15 to 20 minutes. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- For a cut this thick, 15 to 20 minutes.

- I mean, this is a very
culturally mixed dish, mole. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- I mean, this is a very culturally mixed dish, mole.

- I mean, it's romantic
because I'm not the one - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- I mean, it's romantic because I'm not the one

These 28 ingredients are
a marriage of Spanish imports, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

These 28 ingredients are a marriage of Spanish imports,

This cooked onions
in the grease - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

This cooked onions in the grease

- Or you can do it
with an onion - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- Or you can do it with an onion

Once buried,
the pig needs no supervision, - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Once buried, the pig needs no supervision,

[light music] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Do I just scoop it,
or what happens? - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Do I just scoop it, or what happens?

[sizzling] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

[light music] - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- So we're gonna leave it here
for eight hours. - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- So we're gonna leave it here for eight hours.

- If you're doing
this cut of meat... - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

- If you're doing this cut of meat...

I think it's really interesting - Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

I think it's really interesting

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Following Eva Longoria as she travels Mexico to explore food ranging from tequila to mole sauce.

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Production: RAW,CNN Original Series

Genre: documentary, history, news

Year: 2023

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Released: 26 Mar 2023

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Homepage: https://www.cnn.com/shows/eva-longoria-searching-for-mexico