Buy a jar of Lakesha Brown-Renfro’s Mango Mango preserves, and it won’t sit on the shelf. The Hampton entrepreneur has 101 suggestions for using her sweet concoction. She stirs it into oatmeal, shakes ...

They’re in season and locals love them — and we’ve got some early 20 th-century recipes to share — but what are they? Believe it or not, some folks decades ago wondered what mangoes were. After all, ...

Mango and lime brighten and complement the strawberries. Because I prefer my preserves with less sugar than traditional recipes, I always use a no-sugar-needed pectin, like the Sure-Jell pectin in the ...

Thaw mango chunks in microwave until nearly thawed. Add to food processor bowl along with hot pepper jelly and mango preserves. Process until thoroughly blended. Add vinegar and orange juice and ...

Sometimes a good idea takes on a life of its own. Three women in Hampton — Lakesha Brown-Renfro, Tanecia Willis and Nzinga Teule-Hekima — started an event planning company about five years ago. One of ...

Like Jack’s beanstalk, the mango preserves that Lakesha Brown Renfro and her partners first created have sprouted into a thriving business. A year of brisk sales in 2014 for their Mango Mango ...

After a national television appearance and the sky-high demand that followed, the makers of “Mango Mango” preserves have moved into a storefront property in downtown Hampton. City officials and Mango ...