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Intoxicating 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 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…
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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 ReadingThe Modern Margarita & Mango Pit Mixer
Ditch the triple sec, excessive salt and the eponymous Margarita glass! Nothing says authentic Mexico quite like a Margarita. Or does it? This potent “bebida” was invented somewhere near Rosarita (Northern Baja) in the early 1930’s for a B-list American movie star named Marjorie King. Marjorie was allergic to all hard alcohol except tequila and she…
Continue ReadingMango Caramel 3 Ways
Foolproof Caramel Recipes Using Mangoes: Salted (Classic), Faux and Tropical Vegan There is no one way to make caramel. The variances of technique, ingredients and measurements are ample. It’s really a matter of taste and personal preference that guide choices. And when it comes to caramel there is one overlying rule: practice makes perfect.
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