Only in Miami could a piece of fruit double as currency. Come June, the city practically bursts with mangos, falling from backyard trees, traded between neighbors, and folded into everything from ...
The history of the beloved mango stretches back more than 200 years in South Florida. Over time, it has become a sweet, sticky symbol of summertime in the region. Last year, Miami-based filmmaker and ...
In Miami, they say, “If you don’t know someone with a mango tree, you might not have any friends.” But that’s OK, because one Miami restaurant is your friend, and they have enough mango for everybody.
When she was a small child growing up in Cuba, Natalia Martinez-Kalinina remembers what her grandmother did with the bounty of wild mangoes that flourished in her yard. She would gather as much fruit ...