An abundance of riches… My mango odyssey continues. I recently let my heart rather than me head guide my purchase of a case of sixteen Manila mangoes at my favorite Vietnamese market. What was I thinking? Sixteen rapidly-ripening mangoes is quite a challenge for a party of…

Here is your history lesson. Stay with me here. We get to Fabio a bit later in this post. Dates were a staple of the Babylonian diet as long as 8000 years ago, putting the date in the running for the distinction of being the…