{"id":26538,"date":"2023-04-25T13:06:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=26538"},"modified":"2023-04-25T17:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T00:17:52","slug":"foodies-plant-based-honey-pairing-eleven-madison-darko-mandish-mellody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2023\/04\/25\/foodies-plant-based-honey-pairing-eleven-madison-darko-mandish-mellody\/","title":{"rendered":"Foodies Want to know: What food, drink does Plant-based Honey Pair Well With?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foodies want to know, what does plant-based honey pair well with?<\/p>\n

You keep reading about plant-based honey. The environmental story, the nutrition.\u00a0 But how does it taste?\u00a0 What can you pair it with?\u00a0 Let’s find out in an exclusive interview with Mellody Food’s Darko Mandich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Darko Mandich is a food entrepreneur in San Francisco. After spending almost a decade in the European honey industry as a business executive, Darko committed\u00a0to reimagining the honey industry to become sustainable. Darko immigrated from Europe to California to launch Mellody, the world’s first plant-based honey brand. Darko is an advocate\u00a0of saving the bees and wild pollinators.<\/p>\n

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Mellody Food’s Darko Mandich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Recently, I had a chance to talk with Darko.<\/p>\n

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You said you are a foodie. What are some incredible food pairings that you recommend with this honey?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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When I like to talk about food, I always like to join food and beverage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What does Plant-based Honey Pair Well With?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I’ll start with beverages first. I think this honey is perfect for mocktails and cocktails<\/strong>. It gives just enough of sweetness that someone is looking for in their alcoholic cocktail or non-alcoholic cocktail.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Will Plant-based Honey pair well With baklava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In terms of food, I would split it into savory and sweet. Sweet applications are my favorite, I just have a sweet tooth. My favorite dessert is Baklava<\/strong> because it comes from the part of the world where I come from. My wife, who’s a home chef, [used our honey to make] baklava and it was amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We did an amazing collaboration with an upscale Italian plant-based restaurant in San Francisco Baia. They created this amazing, vegan panna cotta with our honey on top. It was culinary mastery developed by Chef Joshua Yap<\/strong>, who started working with Chef Matthew Kenny<\/strong>, who is also a well-known, plant-based chef.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Will plant-based honey pair well with a burger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In terms of savory applications, that opens a whole new world of opportunities. How we interact with stuff like pizza and honey<\/strong>, burgers and honey<\/strong>. Obviously honey and vinaigrette and olive oil, used as a dressing for salads, honey mustard, just name it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What’s next for Mellody? What are the next steps out there for you?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Getting into as many restaurants as possible in this country.<\/strong> People are inquiring about the standalone product<\/strong> [separate from the speciality box] get it very soon at Eleven Madison Home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Working on getting this product to as many people as possible, and just to invite everybody to participate in this mission of creating the sustainable future of honey.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m just excited about every tiny step in this journey until melody becomes the word for honey.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eleven Madison Home’s The Specialty Tea and Honey Box featuring Mellody Honey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Is the honey currently available at Eleven Madison Home?<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Yeah, the honey is currently available. The Specialty Tea and Honey Box<\/a> launched for the Mother’s Day<\/strong> collection and Earth Month<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a specially curated box of artisanal teas coming from different parts of the world with honey and also amazing, shortbread cookies. All plant-based, also made with our honey. That’s available right now<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometime very soon a standalone jar [of honey] will also be available to Eleven Madison Home.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eleven Madison Home’s The Specialty Tea and Honey Box featuring Mellody Honey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tell us again what’s available, how to find it; and how to follow you and support you.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Yeah, follow us on Instagram and TikTok at MellodyFoods <\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of purchasing, head to ElevenMadisonHome.com<\/a> and you can purchase it there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saving the bees is learning more about them. Learning more about pollinators and you can do that on our social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

And finally, if you’re equally passionate about bees and plants as we are, ask your favorite restaurant to reach out to us to offer Mellody in your favorite restaurant. It can be a vegan restaurant on non-vegan.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are gonna work with all the restaurants that reach out to us where people ask to see our product offered, either on the menu, either within a meal, or just if you order a cup of tea and you want a side of Mellody.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foodies want to know, what does plant-based honey pair well with? You keep reading about plant-based honey. The environmental story, the nutrition.\u00a0 But how does it taste?\u00a0 What can you pair it with?\u00a0 Let’s find out in an exclusive interview with Mellody Food’s Darko Mandich. Darko Mandich is a food entrepreneur in San Francisco. 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