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The 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…
Continue ReadingFresh Mango & Coconut Bubble Tea
& The Perfect Amount of QQ Bubble Tea is a Taiwanese invention said to have originated in the 80’s at a well-known tea stand. Randomly some flavor was shaken into tea, the bubbles that formed with the shake essentially named the drink. Milk tea was already quite common, so adding sweet flavors become new way…
Continue ReadingCrespo Organic Sees All Yellow
Mexico revs up mango engines with Ataulfos to start the season Most packing sheds are currently opened, opening or will be opening in the next few weeks in the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. Ataulfos are on track to start first – some growers have started picking and others will start picking next week…
Continue ReadingMango Season Starts with Potential
A new, cleverly named, pack house springs up to help Update 2/25: We are a little behind schedule about a week and the packing house is now set to open around the 8th of March, get inspected start packing Crespo mangoes by the 15-20th! Check out the new updated photos of the packing shed at…
Continue ReadingThe Fruits of Crespo’s Labor
Direct trade tends be a quality-centric, mutually beneficial model where the farmer is the expert on production of a high-quality product, and the customer on product distribution to the consumer. The two parties exchange information on the challenges and opportunities, and they strategize to build long-term commerce relationships built on trust, transparency and respect.
Continue ReadingMango Bûche De Noel (Yule Log Cake)
A Christmas Eve Ode to Martha Stewart I have, like so many, have admired her and been inspired by her since I was young. (That’s before the internet.) Her magazines came first, they were the first of their kind and then the TV shows, again the first, she was and is a pioneer and she’s…
Continue ReadingSmoking Mangoes
Stove-top winter smoking for fruity folks like me It’s winter so most of us, even here in coastal California, have put away our BBQ’s, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t smoking anything, it is after all California. Learning the art of indoor, stove-top smoking, offers great reward in terms of adding depth, flavor and deep…
Continue ReadingMango Jelly Doughnuts
You have no idea how much you want these Every once in a while we make something that not only tastes like magic but was a lot easier to make than we thought it would be. These doughnuts are that. The dough is simple and forgiving to make in the stand mixer and the flavor…
Continue ReadingReindeer Games
Creamy Holiday Drinks Take in Mangoes Most are aware of my love of a good challenge in the kitchen (and beyond), as I mention often in my blog posts, but I don’t like to force mangoes into holiday recipes just for the sake of it. It either works or it doesn’t work and I tend…
Continue ReadingMangoes & Thanksgiving
Three mango-centric recipes that don’t mess with tradition I love to cook, I assume that’s obvious. I also like to go rogue in the kitchen when it comes to tradition. That, after all is how change is made, by pushing boundaries. I used to loathe cooking Thanksgiving food. It didn’t matter where I was, or…
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