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Rick Stein journeys from northern California to Mexico. In San Francisco, Rick tastes legendary dishes, such as the hangtown fry - oyster pancake.

Rick Stein journeys from northern California to Mexico, enjoying unique dishes and the enduring legacy of Mexico. It was 1968, and having heard the Mamas and Papas' California Dreaming, Rick was filled with a desire to embark on his own road trip down the Pacific Coast Highway to the Mexican border and beyond.

Nearly 50 years later, he's back to retrace his steps. In episode one, Rick enjoys sitting on the dock of the bay in San Francisco, tasting legendary dishes like the hangtown fry - oyster pancake; a dish that can trace its origins to the California gold rush, which created the most famous Chinatown in the world.

San Francisco is also the home of sourdough and where America's love affair with seasonal cooking took hold. Particularly important to the spread of this philosophy were groundbreaking restaurants like Chez Panisse, run by the legendary Alice Waters, who Rick is keen to meet. But it is also where he got his first taste of Mexican food. Enchiladas, guacamole and burritos were no longer names he had only heard on the radio, so the food of Mexico, an essential part of his culinary imagination, became real.

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Fri 24 Apr 2020 19:00

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Participant Rick Stein
Production Manager Meg Keegan
Production Manager Olwyn Goldsmith
Director David Pritchard
Director Ben Southwell
Executive Producer Grace Kitto
Producer Arezoo Farahzad
Camera Operator Chris Topliss
Camera Assistant Lexis-Oliver Ray
Sound Pete Underwood
Graphic Designer Andy Smith
Re-recording mixer Thomas W Edwards
On-line editing Paul B Brown
Assistant Producer Liz Stone
Editor Adam De Wan

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