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Mango Truths (Forecasting Summer)
Sleuthing through the noise north and south of the border The truth is not always easy to find. It’s much like self-awareness. You have to have a great deal of will to find it. The current mango market is a strange one that has a lot of folks asking questions about what’s currently happening and…
Continue ReadingCrazy Mango Flowers
Is the perfect Spring cocktail/mocktail with major flower power I’m infatuated with the floral qualities of mangoes and discovered it’s possible to make these lovely notes pop even more when you combine them with actual flower essences. Floral noted spirits, floral bitters and actual flowers- combined with mangoes, gives my floral obsession more flower power!…
Continue ReadingAriana Grande Creates Mango Frenzy
I make dreamy mango moon milk with Ariana Grande Sweetener in her honor It’s not every day I pay attention to pop music. Today my mango google alerts were pinging me with a slurry of mango talk and Ariana Grande. I was intrigued from the get-go. Any pop star of her caliber giving juice to sweet…
Continue ReadingCopious Mexican Fruit (Coming Soon)
All Region Season Predictions are In It’s a funny (funny weird, not funny ha ha) time to report on copious amounts of mangoes. Supply on the round mangoes has taken an abrupt turn this week as Peru’s volume of Kents finally came to a halt and as Mexican Tommy Atkins are still just drizzling out…
Continue ReadingCarbon Sequestration in Mango Trees
Nature gives us a green deal in mangoes The business of growing food for the American and Canadian markets in Mexico can often seem, and often times is, a strain on the environment. Regardless of whether your climate change viewpoints fall right, left or center, we could all agree that the unpredictable nature of weather…
Continue ReadingAtaulfo Marketing 101
Shortcutting the promotion of Mexico’s yellow slipper This is an industry geared post. Even though the rain is currently falling and the snow dropping, spring is definitely coming. It always does and when it does mango sales increase. The way we crave comfort food in the winter is exactly the way we crave healthy…
Continue ReadingWinter Citrus & Mango Frenzy
Magic happens when mangoes meet winter citrus I am lucky to live in California, a place where citrus literally falls off trees in winter and brightens our rain soak days. Our grocery stores and farmers markets are brimming with a variety of brightly hued choices and my neighbors give me buckets of Meyer lemons, mandarins,…
Continue ReadingMinneola Mini Mango Yogurt Cakes
Minneola Mini Mango Cakes with Mango Cremé Anglaise and Citrus & Barberry Floral Salsa This recipe was adapted from Dori Greenspans Mediterranean Yogurt Cake with Clementines. I took the concepts of yogurt and olive oil cake and made it even moister by adding mango puree. I got further inspired by love of the Middle East…
Continue ReadingCan Mangoes Make You Go Absinthe-Minded
I find out in this new cocktail recipe inspired by local Absinthe This cocktail is inspired by one of my favorite teas and a bottle of locally made (Marin County) absinthe I was gifted on a recent writing assignment for Edible Marin & Wine Country Magazine. (The Crespo Organic Kitchen creates its magic from my…
Continue ReadingThe Squeezed Squeeze Back
Round Mango Market Difficulties Ahead Weeks 8-12 are the problem. Last Friday there was an early morning surge of mango chatter amongst industry folks. A handful of the bigger conventional players released a series of statements —more like warnings, in the form of internal and external emails, the subject being massive shortages of round mangoes…
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