In this Tuesday, May 6, 2014 photo, an Indian vendor displays Alphonso mangoes at a whole sale market in Mumbai, India. Starting May 1, the EU banned imports of Indian mangoes including the Alphonso, ...

Nandita Godbole is an award-winning cookbook author, journalist, and ceramic artist who has been telling stories where food, culture, and place meet – for more than 20 years. Her flavorful work has ...

Indian Alphonso mangoes are finally available in the U.S. after an 18-year ban, imposed by the Department of Agriculture because of pest concerns; irradiation has cleared the way for the fruit’s ...

Yesterday we gave props to Sandip Roy's meditation on the Alphonso mango, an extra-lush variety okayed for import from India in recent years. Thanks to the blog Burrito Justice, we found out that food ...

President George W. Bush made his first trip to India in 2006. He praised the new agreement on nuclear cooperation between India and the United States. But for Indians living abroad in the U.S., he ...

MUMBAI, India – Indians are dining on some of the world's most succulent mangoes after the European Union banned imports of the fruit from India this month, leaving a glut and rock-bottom prices for ...

Spongy tissue in Alphonso mango was traced to the seed, which due to its recalcitrant nature, switches over to germination mode during fruit ripening phase drawing nutrients from the mesocarp. However ...

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