anthony: i m in the maranon canyon of peru with my friend and partner in chocolate bars, chef eric ripert. eric and i are intrigued by these ultra rare, all white beans we heard about from don fortunato, so we set up a meeting with another farmer, don elloberto, elsewhere in the valley. now, we thought it would be a nice gesture, given all the high-test culinary talent between us, to make him and his family dinner in return for his hospitality. what are you thinking? eric: look what they have. squabs. anthony: what, the squabs? butterfly, marinate, grill? eric: we could do that. anthony: and look but they have such nice sausage here. eric: yeah, sausage. anthony: which would be nice to throw in with stew. uh, chorizo, chicken, onion, maybe some peppers, a little bit of spice. eric: okay, i m thinking
chorizo and potatoes. anthony: so we re kind of moving into the spanish eric: uh, yeah. anthony: uh, what s it called, uh, zarzuela, but, uh, but with chicken. eric: ah, zarzuela. and we can even use shrimp from the guy, shrimp and chicken rocks. anthony: that sounds like a plan. [ eric speaking spanish ] eric: you have 24? anthony: yeah. a successful, uh eric: yeah, so far, but wait until, uh, we arrive there. it s going to be interesting. anthony: oh, don t be a downer, man. i m optimistic. we arrive at the village where the fabled white cacao beans are said to be growing and meet with the village s unofficial mayor and our cacao farmer, don elloberto, who will lead us to the trees. eric: okay, we re going to follow him. anthony: what was depicted as a short walk up a slight incline turns out to be an epic hump up one hill after another. eric: when you re tired, you tell us, we stop, okay?
$34.90 more per month. call or go on line today. anthony: i m in the maranon canyon of peru with my friend and partner in chocolate bars, chef eric ripert. eric and i are intrigued by these ultra rare, all white beans we heard about from don fortunato, so we set up a meeting with another farmer, don elloberto, elsewhere in the valley. now, we thought it would be a nice gesture, given all the high-test culinary talent between us, to make him and his family dinner in return for his hospitality. what are you thinking? eric: look what they have. squabs. anthony: what, the squabs? butterfly, marinate, grill? eric: we could do that. anthony: and look but they have such nice sausage here. eric: yeah, sausage.
anthony: which would be nice to throw in with stew. uh, chorizo, chicken, onion, maybe some peppers, a little bit of spice. eric: okay, i m thinking chorizo and potatoes. anthony: so we re kind of moving into the spanish eric: uh, yeah. anthony: uh, what s it called, uh, zarzuela, but, uh, but with chicken. eric: ah, zarzuela. and we can even use shrimp from the guy, shrimp and chicken rocks. anthony: that sounds like a plan. [ eric speaking spanish ] eric: you have 24? anthony: yeah. a successful, uh eric: yeah, so far, but wait until, uh, we arrive there. it s going to be interesting. anthony: oh, don t be a downer, man. i m optimistic. we arrive at the village where the fabled white cacao beans are said to be growing and meet with the village s unofficial mayor and our cacao farmer, don elloberto, who will lead us to the trees. eric: okay, we re going to follow him. anthony: what was depicted as a short walk up a slight incline turns out to be an epic
between us, to make him and his anthony: uh, what s it called, uh, zarzuela, but, uh, but with chicken. eric: ah, zarzuela. and we can even use shrimp from the guy, shrimp and chicken rocks. anthony: that sounds like a plan. eric: you have 24? anthony: yeah. a successful, uh eric: yeah, so far, but wait until, uh, we arrive there. it s going to be interesting. anthony: oh, don t be a downer, man. i m optimistic. we arrive at the village where the fabled white cacao beans are said to be growing and meet with the village s unofficial mayor and our cacao farmer, don elloberto, who will lead us to the trees.