People love to rail against avocado toast, but you know what, avocado toast is delicious. A nicely toasted, thick slice of nutty multigrain bread, some chunky-but-creamy guac spread, a little sriracha or flaked salt on top—lovely little breakfast there. Where the ire comes from, I think, is when a brunch restaurant…
Avocados! The star of guacamoles and the butt of hipster toast jokes. For something that’s so buttery and high in fats, it’s a wonder that it’s technically a large berry, and didn’t come from an animal that could be turned into bacon.
Avocados are a sensitive bunch. Anyone who’s ever befriended an avocado knows they’re liable to get their egos uh, bruised, by the most benign of slights. That’s likely why the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority had to ban a recent radio commercial put out by coffee chain Costa. In its ruling, the ASA stated it…
Food and beauty have a long history together. A symbiotic relationship that goes moisturized hand-in-moisturized hand together. What we put inside our bodies have often found a place on the outside of our bodies. Go into any Ulta or Sephora and you will see the beauty products boasting its use of food: moisturizers…
Avocado toast is one of those items where it usually makes sense to purchase at the cafe: topped with pickled onions, sun-dried tomatoes, and/or sesame seeds, the presentation is usually much fancier than you would put on your own plate at home. We say usually, because a recent diner was quite dismayed by her recent…
If you live in New Zealand and want to buy an avocado tree, you have a long wait ahead of you. Love for the creamy green fruit has apparently reached a fever pitch in Hobbit country, so much so that produce sellers are reporting extremely long waiting lists. According to Stuff.co.nz, “Waikato’s Wairere Nursery is…
The trend of mini-avocados was recently announced, but now it appears that avocado fans can go the opposite route. In Australia—where everything does seem to be larger for some reason—some savvy farmers are harvesting the “avozilla,” or an avocado that could substitute as a really messy bowling ball. According to The…
It’s been at least five or six seconds since we’ve heard about the latest in avocado toast, so looks like it’s time for an update. And if you’re a fan of 2016’s trendiest snack, you may have pondered to yourself, “What if avocado toast… but as a chocolate bar?”
Is this Gwyneth Paltrow’s doing? It sounds like it could be. According to Instagram posts and wellness websites like One Green Planet, people are now pulverizing and eating avocado pits for the supposed health benefits—“the seed holds 70 percent of the avocado’s antioxidants,” advises One Green Planet. Wait, what kind…
The mighty avocado shows no sign of slowing its roll as the leading toast topper amongst cool people. There are over 800,000 entries on the #avocadotoast hashtag on Instagram and counting, and we the food media continue to cover it with no slowing in enthusiasm. As food fads go, it isn’t a bad one. A slice of decent…
I love avocados, but am frustrated by them just as much. It seems like no matter what I do to purchase them at the peak of ripeness, unless I use them within the perfect minutes-long window, they edge into unappealing brown territory, and then I have to toss them.
Joy Behar, one of the hosts of The View, apparently injured herself recently. She showed off a bandaged hand this week, which she’d lacerated badly enough to require a hospital visit. The culprit: An avocado pit. According to New York Magazine’s The Cut—the irony!—doctors are used to seeing these avocado-induced…
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies have already gotten something special from the arrival of their newest left fielder, and it’s not a home run (though they got one of those, too): a new local menu option. The arrival of the once-and-former football-thrower inspired Matthew Jones, chef/owner of Burger Mondays Bar & Grille,…
Unless I’m making guacamole, it’s rare that I use an entire avocado. Sliced on a sandwich, chopped up as a chili topping, cubed in a salad—all of these single-serving uses require, at most, about half an avocado. That means I end up cover the unused half with plastic wrap and sticking it in the fridge, which despite…
You squeeze an avocado at the supermarket. It feels both firm and squishy. You think to yourself: “Why, yes! This is a perfect avocado ready for my award-winning guacamole.” Then you return home, slice the avocado open and discover to your horror that this seemingly fully ripe avocado is, in fact, not. Your guacamole…
A Hawaii woman stumbled upon a small child gigantic fucking avocado while out for a stroll Sunday.
