1. Cocoa farmers in Tabasco�Mexico�s chocolate center�scoop the cocoa beans from their pineapple-sized pods (pictured) and allow them to ferment slightly. They ship them directly to XOCO in burlap sacks.

XOCO's chocolate

There will be pastries and tortas and churros at Rick Bayless's new street-food shack, XOCO*. But there's one thing the restaurant's chefs are doing that nobody else in the city can touch: They're making chocolate from raw cocoa beans. Here's how it happens.

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*XOCO (pronounced SHO-ko) is slated to open at 449 N Clark St this month.

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