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Summer Mango Salads!
Easy, breezy mango-centric summer salads that’ll make you love the Tommy Atkins I dedicate this post the Mango Hunter – Jeff Ray, who is known to occasionally bad mouth the Tommy Atkins on social media. This summer her rejoins our Summer Mango Mania with more Recipe Roulette and we decided to challenge his notions and…
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A nostalgic childhood memory and an easy {mango-centric} weekend endeavor As a child, I adored cheese Danishes. Back then (yes, I’m that old) local bakeries were abundant, crafting freshly baked goods daily. Starbucks hadn’t emerged yet, so those artificially flavored, preservative-laden pastries were rare, mainly found in gas stations, packaged for on-the-go consumption. Ironically, even…
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Women’s History Month, Women’s Day and a Woman’s Work It’s in the best interest of the industry to prioritize the meaningful inclusion of women in all facets of our business, especially positions of power and decision-making. The rich and intricate knowledge held by women remains an underutilized resource and, in a world, where resources are…
Continue ReadingMango Chutney
Your new year-round mango condiment Chutney is essentially a blend of fruit, vinegar, sugar, and spices cooked down into a textured sauce. It’s one of the oldest condiments. This versatile sweet and spicy Indian version needs a permanent place in your food repertoire. Use it as an accompaniment on cheese boards or better yet on…
Continue ReadingA Christmas Mango Teaser
Generally jolly good orchard news, a sprinkle of bah humbug & my best holiday mango recipes Roberto Crespo, a member of the #HermanosCrespos “band” or what I consider the lead singer of our south, is currently and like usual, deeply rooted in the soils of Oaxaca and Chiapas preparing for the season start up. This…
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Mango dulce de Leche, made with mangoes, made into flan Several years ago, under pressure to create new Halloween recipes, I had the brilliant idea (a hypothesis at the time) to make caramel using nothing but mangoes. Since mangoes contain significant natural sugar, why wouldn’t they, in pureed form, caramelize like sugar and…
Continue ReadingCrespo Organic Debuts Opulent Specialty Mango Tags
Educational, Insightful, & Strategic Packaging Mango Queen Specialty Mangoes- Check out the site! I am very proud of the work we are releasing today with the launch of the new Mango Queen specialty mango line!! I am very proud of the Crespo Organic Mango brand in general– not just in relation to my work in…
Continue ReadingMexican-Mango Oleo-Saccharum
A flavor-laden libation syrup made from mango peels I love the exploratory process of creating new recipes, getting to travel through so many unknowns as I connect ideas and ingredients. Exploring new and unfamiliar possibilities with my creativity fills me with incredible joy. This new recipe brought a lot of joy in the creation process…
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The Cinco de Mayo show goes on, despite supply complexities A single mango goes a long way: in recipes and in creating #MangoJoy for consumers. Mangoes don’t have to be dirt cheap or in heaping abundance for a consumer to feel the sweet tropical satisfaction and joy that comes from eating and using mangoes. As…
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Here is the perfect early spring easter dessert, really we can’t stop eating it I adore strawberries. One of my long-standing fantasies is that I will retire in Italy as an organic strawberry farmer. I also fantasize of retiring in Sicily as a mango farmer (believe it or not mangoes grow decently there). This…
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