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#ChooseYourCut: A Lesson on Mango Cutting
A Crespo Organic Kitchen Cooking Class Class Description: This class is a no-BS introduction to the top ways to slice and dice a mango (visit this link for a sampling of cuts we may go over). We’re not into the cookie cutter method of doing things. We’ll meet you where you’re at based on your…
Continue ReadingKICK IT! (Kids in the Crespo Kitchen) with a Popsicle Class
A Crespo Organic Kitchen Cooking Class Class Description: Get your kids in the kitchen to learn to make naturally sweetened mango popsicles. We will “kiddify” our usual mango education, showing them how to cut mangoes using “the mango hack” but stick around because your kids will need an adult present. (Trust us, you’ll probably learn…
Continue ReadingSummer Mango Salads!
A Crespo Organic Kitchen Cooking Class Class Description: Learn to make three mango-centric summer salads that will wow everyone this season and beyond. You’ll get refreshed with our everyday mango education, learning about how the Tommy Atkins varietal’s and its firmer flesh works wonderfully for salads. We will teach several different ways to cut mangoes…
Continue ReadingSummer Mango Quenchers on Zoom!
A Crespo Organic Kitchen Cooking Class Class Description: In this class, you’ll learn how to make thirst-quenching summer mango drinks out of this summer’s bounty of mangoes! Here we will teach you how to whip up our favorite mango thirst-quenchers, perfect on a hot summer’s day. We’ll teach you how to prepare a light fruit-herb…
Continue ReadingCrespo Organic Mallika Mangoes
Indian mangoes, grown in Mexico & where Jorge the Mango Man has been…. It’s been a while since we have had fun with the Where is Jorge the Mango Man videos. Part of that is because the small team of us on the marketing side, the ones that make the videos, have been bogged down…
Continue ReadingBoots On The Ground (Flipflops Technically)
Under the Crespo mango trees, I find efficiency, ingenuity, mango joy and #muchosmangoes The “Propaganda Lady” is what they called me last week at Empaque Don Jorge, as I walked around with my mask and hairnet snapping photos and filming staged and impromptu videos. I’ve learned to see the big smiles in the eyes of…
Continue ReadingThe Little Fruit Season
A real time peak into the Mexican mango orchards Back in April, right before the transition from the southern regions to the northern regions, we reported about the little Ataulfo mangoes and the drought that was causing them. We further reported that the transition north would result in similar sizing on not just Ataulfos but…
Continue ReadingMango & Avocado Tuna Ceviche Tostadas
A few recipes from Mazatlán, recreated in the Crespo Organic Kitchen, by Nissa Mazatlán is the ceviche capitol of Mexico. Every season I head down to Empaque Don Jorge I indulge in all the wonderful fresh seafood variations of this dish and pack my suitcase full of ideas to bring back. Then I indulge myself…
Continue ReadingSmooth Transition North
Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Nayarit line up for consistency in supply By nature, transitions can be tricky. Shifting from the southern regions to the northern regions is typically unpredictable and complex. This year, it is proving to be exactly that. The southern regions have produced a good amount of fruit, mostly on the smaller side and…
Continue ReadingWe Got Sauce!
And two new recipes to use it on! I have been working in the produce industry for about 25 years now and very few industry folks are familiar with my other career in food; specifically culinary education, food writing and recipe development. I have published countless recipes and written extensively on how to choose and…
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