Juan Alonso Rodriguez, Master Woodworker, Mexico

Ana Rita García-Lascuráin, Founder and Director, MUCHO-Chocolate Museum, Mexico City

In this special event, Juan Alonso Rodriguez explains how to make a molinillo, the whisk-like wooden tool that is traditionally used in Mexico to make froth in chocolate beverages. Together with Ana Rita García-Lascuráin, he discusses the history of chocolate production in Mexico and its current renaissance. Using molinillos, members of the Cambridge-based Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute make three different chocolate beverages that participants can taste during the program.

Special Event and Chocolate Tasting. Peabody Museum Education Room, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Advance registration required. Participants must be 18+. $8 members/$10 nonmembers
Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology in collaboration with the Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute, the Mexican Consulate General in Boston, Fundación MUCHO Mexico City and MassMex, as part of the 2019 New England Chocolate Festival.