Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/avocados/ Our Thing Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/avocados/ 144 144 Here’s How Chipotle & Other Restaurants Are Celebrating National Avocado Day https://remezcla.com/food/heres-how-restaurants-celebrating-national-avocado-day-aguacate/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:32:21 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=328608 Bring out the homemade guacamole and avocado toast! This Sunday (July 31) marks National Avocado Day, and there are a handful of companies that are ready to celebrate with avocado lovers across America. First, Chipotle is offering customers a discount on guacamole. So, whether you like to pack it inside your sofritas burrito or get

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]]> Whole and sliced avocado on wood Credit: Westend61/Getty Images RIP to All the Avocados We Lost Due to This Devastating Accident in Texas https://remezcla.com/culture/avocados-spill-texas-accident/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:14:43 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=270459 It’s a real, true life Halloween scary story: 40,000 pounds worth of avocados — the primary component of the world-renowned potluck dish at Latino parties and the key element of the extremely overpriced Australian favorite known as “avo toast” — were squandered in a tragic accident on Interstate 10 in Texas. Thousands of our green

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]]> Sliced avocado on wood Photo by Westend61 Meet the Mexican Importer Delivering Perfect Avocados For the Instagram Age https://remezcla.com/culture/mexican-importer-nyc-avocados/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:00:38 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=249114 New York City loves itself some avocados. In the region, the demand for the fruit increased by 25 percent between 2017 and 2018. And as the food remains an Instagram fave, restaurants have kept up. In New York, this has largely been possible because of one man: Miguel González. After noting the increase in demand,

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]]> Sliced avocado on wood Photo by Westend61 These Universities Want to Pay You to Eat Avocados Every Day for 6 Months https://remezcla.com/culture/avocado-six-months-study/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:38:40 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=247406 Most avocado lovers would gladly use their hard-earned cash (sometimes spending double digits) to eat the delicious fruit in myriad ways. But if you’re one of a lucky 1,000 people, you may soon get paid for satisfying your avocado cravings. Four universities are teaming up to fund this venture – all in the name of

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]]> Salad Preparation: Slicing Avocado 1 Photo by Enrique Díaz / 7cero / Moment Avocado Toast and Chocolate Collide In This Candy Bar That No One Asked For https://remezcla.com/culture/avocado-toast-chocolate-bar/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:04:57 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=244081 The internet has undoubtedly given rise to novelty foods. While they’re all intended to make an impact on our social media feeds – because who isn’t going to linger on your unicorn elote post? – sometimes these Frankensteined creations no one asked for. Like Compartés Chocolate’s new avocado toast chocolate bar. While you may be

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]]> Sliced avocado on wood Photo by Westend61 These BFFs Won a Year’s Supply of Avocados for This Ridiculous Haircut https://remezcla.com/culture/avocados-from-mexico-haircut/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:39:33 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=235804 What would you do for a Klondike Bar year’s supply of avocados? That’s what Avocados From Mexico set out to learn ahead of the Super Bowl by challenging people to shave and dye their hair to more closely resemble the fruit. In a video posted to YouTube this week, the company challenged people to talk their

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]]> Sliced avocado on wood Photo by Westend61 Diet Avocados Are a Thing, And The Internet Really, Really, Really Hates It https://remezcla.com/lists/food/the-internet-really-hates-diet-avocados/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:59:43 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=228763 Avocados – the star of many a toast on Instagram, a staple that makes up roughly 77 percent of our diets* (*based on our made-up but probably accurate calculations), and what Ms Nina pairs with aceite “pa’ que crezca este culo” – are perfect just the way they are. Yet, Spanish fruit company Eurobanan’s Isla

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]]> Sliced avocado on wood Photo by Westend61 British People So Bad at Cutting Avocados Surgeons Want to Put Safety Labels On Them https://remezcla.com/food/avocado-hand-injuries-england/ Thu, 11 May 2017 22:44:42 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=218006 The world’s love affair with avocados apparently comes with a dark side: rising demand is fueling illegal deforestation in Mexico gringos keep cutting their hands opening them. The NYT first shed light on this super serious issue on May 1, noting that while US hospitals don’t track data about what ingredients cause kitchen injuries, “anecdotally, doctors say

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