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• n  a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
• n  tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
• s  of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado

• In a world where the California roll, with its avocado and fake crabmeat, neatly encapsulates just how ubiquitous, how truly global, Japan's sushi tradition has become, kaiseki .
• Pass the avocado! Scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health last week announced the results of a pioneering 20-year-long study, which showed that low-carb diets .
• Thirty years ago only the rich could afford the strange meaty taste of avocado pears.

• alligator pear
• avocado pear
• aguacate
• avocado tree
• Persea Americana

News & Articles

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• Monday's recipe (6/17/13) - Aimee Fortney's open faced avocado-basil fried egg sandwich
  Quick and easy can still taste like it is gourmet, and with so little effort, too! Open Faced Avocado-Basil Fried Egg sandwiches - the open faced means only one piece of bread, so you can enjoy this in
  June 17, 2013 - WSMV Nashville
• California Avocado Commission Partners with Regional Chefs During Peak Season
  IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chefs Erik Tanaka of Seattle and Lisa Schroeder of Portland Share California Avocado Recipes for June’s California Avocado Month
  June 13, 2013 - Business Wire
• Recipe: Avocado with Warm Bacon Cilantro Dressing
  AVOCADO WITH WARM BACON CILANTRO DRESSING
  June 12, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• Christina Hendricks in Softpedia
  It's like Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - real, good foods. It's OK if I have avocado and olive oil and all these delicious things, you know? I don't feel guilty about that,Christina explains of what she means by healthy eating.
• St Jerome in San Diego Union Tribune
  The fight for avocados is a fight for all agriculture,said Jerome Stehly, chairman of the California Avocado Commission. "If a Mexican avocado brings in a fruit fly, for example, it affects other crops and causes a quarantine."
• Carlos Beltran in North County Times
  A lot of people don't really know I was a wrestler,Beltran said. "I was All-Avocado League, All-North County, a CIF finalist two years. But I made some bad choices in high school and I didn't go to college. Coulda, shoulda, woulda, you...