Tom Skilling Forecast: There was a heat advisory Saturday with the heat index approaching 110F. Prediction results: This was not “the big one.” I had talked all week about the probability that one of these weekends in July may be the peak sales for the year. For Xoco to max out, we need to hit… Continue reading Chaya Quest
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Free Bird
The churro is a question mark. I am leaving for Merida in the Yucatan in a few hours. I will keep in touch over the next few days with an email saying "I am ok." We are going to eat a wild boar cooked in the ground and see chocolate growing on trees and… Continue reading Free Bird
French Pressed Cacao
Gordon (in town to play a show) and Effie are having a baby! It will be a little girl (I'm predicting big cheeks) possibly named Josephine or Esther. We got to talk about that and my NUCCA procedure when Peter and Gordon came for lunch on the Xoco patio. Another day I got to entertain… Continue reading French Pressed Cacao


