Peru
@partsunknown
on 2021.12.149 Places
"Bourdain travels to Peru with friend and chef Eric Ripert. The two have recently gotten into the chocolate business and they want to inspect the source: a remote mountain valley in the Andes. They are joined by chocolatier Chris Curtin as they set out to see all-white cacao beans, some of the rarest in the world. As they explore the country, Bourdain and Ripert try the local street meat, unsweetened hot chocolate, fresh ceviche, and an ant-based reduction sauce. Contemplating, meanwhile, his future as a chocolatier, Bourdain wants to know: Where does it come from? How is it made? Most important: WHO does it come from? And are they getting a good piece of the action? Or are the producers, as in so many cases, getting screwed over?"