Posts by Nissa
Miyagi Oysters & Mango Mignonette
The magic happens right when you think you went to far I can be quite obsessive with my desire to turn everything into a mango recipe or more importantly and opportunity to teach people that mangoes work in just about any type of recipe or cuisine. I really do not exaggerate their versatility and am…
Continue ReadingStained Facts in Oaxaca
The complexities of facts and slow to move information in mangoes Over the years I have had my own ideas about mango quality. I thought I understood the major problems affecting the “king of fruits”, specifically the varietals with which I worked and the countries they were from. Since I traveled to the depths…
Continue ReadingIntoxicating Mangoes
Warming up to and with mangoes; through booze My love for mangoes started off rocky. As a young girl venturing into Central America with my family in the late 1980’s, down the Pan American highway through Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and into Nicaragua, I had some run ins with mangoes. Few of those entanglements left…
Continue ReadingMango, Meet Golden Milk
Holistic & Synergistic Bliss What happens when we combine India’s ancient health drink with the King of Fruits? Golden Milk (Haldi Ka Doodh) has moved boisterously through western society hailing itself as the new super drink, and it’s by far the biggest trend in western holistic nutrition since yoga. The recipe’s roots stretch back centuries,…
Continue ReadingMango Old Fashioned
I by pass the sugar cube and modernize the classic old fashioned by incorporating mango essence into a simple syrup. The taste is just as exquisite as the classic version if not better.
Continue ReadingWhisky-Mango Sour
This is one of my favorite classic drinks in which to impart mango essence. The slight sweetness and perfumed nose the mango conveys in this drink tames the whiskey, just slightly. The egg white is really not optional in my opinion as the sweet mango froth that is born here communicates both flavor and texture…
Continue ReadingDark (Aged) Rum Mango Daiquiri
The classic daiquiri is one of the simplest and pure drinks of the times. It’s a drink that has the perfect balance of sweet, sour and spirit. This dark rum or aged version utilizing mango pit syrup, showcases the deep, rich and warm, tropical notes of a fresh mango which tend to bring out…
Continue ReadingMango Negroni
This negroni is a classic cocktail and I’m generally not one to shy away from “creatively enhancing” a classic cocktail with fresh ingredients. But the negroni is one you must alter carefully- as it has a cult following. This version, showcasing the subtlties fo mangoes, adds a bit of sweet perfumy mango essence by…
Continue ReadingMother Nature Strikes and Unexpected “Blow” in Oaxaca
Heavy, Unexpected Winds Challenge Crop Outlook From Oaxaca Region Two days ago heavy winds swept through Oaxaca in the southern regions of Mexico centered heavily in mango production zones. Many of the early mangoes expected to be harvested for January and February have literally been ripped off the trees for several producers in the area…
Continue ReadingSweet & Fruitful Predictions for Mexican Organic Mangoes
2017 season springs into action in Oaxaca with “normalcy” The first cut of the 2017 Mexican mango season will happen sometime around the second week of January but the US market won’t get their hands on any until mid February. The projected “normalcy” that Crespo Organic reported on in late November 2016, seems to be…
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