Ever visit a place where chocolate is “grown” and processed? Ever take a Choco Tour? Well I did in Tabasco, Mexico at Hacienda La Luz and I can’t recommend it enough, especially for the chance to try the Cacao fruit. We All Visit Vineyards Through the course of my travels, I stopped in to numerous […]
Tasting the Fruits of Chocolate – Cacao – in Tabasco, Mexico
by Craig Zabransky on August 22, 2018 in Culture Thru Cuisine, Destination, Mexico Travel
Traveling to Tabasco, Mexico – Episode 29
by Craig Zabransky on April 12, 2018 in Mexico Travel, Podcast Show Notes
When I reach for the hot sauce now, my mind travels off to the real destination, a place ironically where the Tabasco peppers are not grown, but it is certainly hot – in the southern part of Mexico on the Gulf. The sauce I grew up with is produced in Louisiana, but the actual destination […]
Walking the (Most) Western World of the Mayan Civilization at Comalcalco
by Craig Zabransky on April 10, 2018 in Destination, Mexico Travel
“Go west young Mayan,” if such a phrase was coined back in the late classic period of the Mayan civilization travelers would have journeyed to Comalcalco in present day Tabasco, Mexico. It would not be for the search for gold, but probably for the prized produce of Cacao (present day chocolate.) Here at the western […]
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