Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico
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39:58The crescent shaped state of Veracruz hugs the Atlantic coastline along the Gulf of Mexico. Arriving at the port of Veracruz, Eva walks in the footsteps of her ancestor, Lorenzo Longoria, who arrived in this exact spot 400 years ago, just a century after the first conquistadors. Over the centuries Veracruz was subject to c...
39:58Today, Eva heads out West to the fertile lands of Jalisco. There's a saying that 'Jalisco is Mexico and Mexico is Jalisco', because so much of what is seen as typically 'Mexican' all originated here. In the state capital, Guadalajara, Eva enjoys traditional birria stew with the charros and meets the fiercely proud Coca peo...
39:58The state of Nuevo Leon borders Texas, so this is a voyage of familiarity for Texas-born Eva. In the modern state capital Monterrey, Eva ventures to an innovative restaurant called Kohli, where the chef aims to tell the story of Nuevo Leon through its inventive dishes. Here she tries their signature dish, meteorite, prepar...
39:58Eva travels to southern Mexico to experience the magic of Oaxaca, hidden away between three mountain ranges and the Pacific. It was once a trading post on the ancient trade routes through Central America. The people of Oaxaca, however, don't live in the past, they draw on a wealth of ingredients to create new and inventive...
39:56Eva travels to the eastern edge of Mexico, to the lush jungles of Yucatan State, home of the ancient Maya. One of the great civilisations of Central America, the Maya thrived here until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s. Here there is a fierce pride in that ancestry which permeates every local custom an...
39:58Eva Longoria shows us around her adopted second hometown, Mexico City. This is where she met her husband, Pepe, and where they love to spend time with their son, Santi. She takes us on her daily ritual to a local bakery where she devours a delicious, freshly baked concha. Then, Eva heads to the historic centre to meet up w...