July 31st is Avocado Day! First and foremost let’s give a GRATITUDE shout out to ancient and present-day Mezoamerican peoples (modern day Mexico) and the sharing of their food culture the world over. Their ancestors cultivated the avocado over many millennia into the amazingness that it is, available and appreciated all over the world today…
Speaking of Millennia(ls) …
It’s kind of hilarious but super interesting to me how Avocado 🥑 Toast🍞 came to be the food menu item that defines a generation (of Millennials). As a socially observant culinary historian and public educator I find there are often grains of truth behind generational generalizations —like this one. And in this case, all I had to do was observe (and lightly interrogate) my Millennial (and VEGAN) baby sister for clues to the origins of….
[BECOME PART OF MY PATREON COMMUNITY at any level, FREE or PAID to CONTINUE READING this ARTICLE — AND SEE WHAT BEAUTIFUL EDIBLE AESTHETIC BABY SIS TRANSFORMS THIS AVOCADO INTO. … … I’ll look forward to sharing more with you and to continuing the convo there!