{"id":527,"date":"2012-12-28T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2017-06-17T21:09:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T02:09:27","slug":"best-bite-28-aztec-hot-chocolate-and-churro-xoco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/28\/best-bite-28-aztec-hot-chocolate-and-churro-xoco\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Best Bite #28: Aztec hot chocolate and churro, Xoco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Each day in December, I\u2019m celebrating my best bites (and sips) in 2012, posted in chronological order.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-528\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/2012\/12\/28\/best-bite-28-aztec-hot-chocolate-and-churro-xoco\/churro28\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-528\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/churro28.jpg\" alt=\"Aztec hot chocolate and churro\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" class=\"size-full wp-image-528\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/churro28.jpg 476w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/churro28-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/churro28-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aztec hot chocolate and churro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s a Best Bite<\/strong>: Xoco is one of those places I want to take everyone who comes to Chicago \u2013 it showcases Rick Bayless&#8217; renowned Mexican flavors, but is still accessible and quick. On this particular occasion, it was my mom and uncle who got to sample tortas and pozole over a late lunch. To me, though, you can&#8217;t leave Xoco without ordering two signature items: churros and hot chocolate. Airy and crisp, with lots of cinnamon-sugar and hints of corn from the flour, these churros are in a class of their own. The drinking chocolate, made from freshly ground Mexican cacao beans, comes in a few variations, but I favor the warm spices of the Aztec, with chile powder and allspice. This pair is among my very favorite treats in River North, and best of all, it&#8217;s justifiable any time of day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The details<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickbayless.com\/restaurants\/xoco.html\" title=\"Xoco\">Xoco<\/a>, 449 N Clark St., Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each day in December, I\u2019m celebrating my best bites (and sips) in 2012, posted in chronological order. Why it&#8217;s a Best Bite: Xoco is one of those places I want to take everyone who comes to Chicago \u2013 it showcases Rick Bayless&#8217; renowned Mexican flavors, but is still accessible and quick. On this particular occasion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,2179],"tags":[11,67,226,269,327,415,750,979,984,1228],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-bites-2","category-chicago","tag-2012-best-bites","tag-aztec-hot-chocolate","tag-cacao","tag-chicago","tag-churros","tag-drinking-chocolate","tag-mexican","tag-rick-bayless","tag-river-north","tag-xoco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4711,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/4711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}