Posts by Nissa
Mango, 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…
Continue ReadingTropical Holiday Rugelach
A treat for the holidays that you will want to make all year long Rugelach, Yiddish for little twists, are one of the easiest, most versatile sweet cookie-pastries you will ever know. It started out as a fluffy pastry and morphed into a cookie as the recipe immigrated along with it’s Jewish carriers to the…
Continue ReadingMango Jam
A sweet dose of edible winter sunshine Winter is often cold, dark and dreary, it can be downright depressing. So when the winter sun pokes it head out and offers warm rays and bright lights we perk up and take notice. Shoving our face into the warmth of the sun and basking in the brilliance…
Continue ReadingBehind the Season
Fickle fruit and empirical crop forecasting Behind every great season, lies a great deal of unseen work, especially in the off-season where mainly the “unpredictables” determine the outcome of the crop. In today’s world where climate change exists (it’s not a hoax) and capricious weather becomes the norm, an empirical approach to understanding agriculture is…
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