Download or read book Avocado written by Jeff Miller and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The avocado is arguably the most iconic food of the twenty-first century. In less than one-hundred years, it has gone from a little-known regional delicacy to global embrace and social media fame. This may seem like an astounding trajectory for a fruit that isn’t sweet, that gets bitter when it is cooked, and has perhaps the oddest texture of any fruit or vegetable. But it is precisely the avocado’s contradictions that have contributed to its ascent: the idea that this rich and delicious fruit is also healthy despite being fatty and energy-dense grants it unicorn status with modern eaters, especially millennials. Through lively anecdotes, colorful pictures, and delicious recipes, Jeff Miller explores the meteoric rise of the avocado, from its coevolution with the megaherbivores of the Pleistocene to its acceptance by the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico, to its current dominance of food consumers’ imaginations.

Download or read book The Dud Avocado written by Elaine Dundy and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart, funny classic about a young and beautiful American woman who moves to Paris determined to live life to the fullest. The Dud Avocado follows the romantic and comedic adventures of a young American who heads overseas to conquer Paris in the late 1950s. Edith Wharton and Henry James wrote about the American girl abroad, but it was Elaine Dundy’s Sally Jay Gorce who told us what she was really thinking. Charming, sexy, and hilarious, The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status when it was first published and it remains a timeless portrait of a woman hell-bent on living. “I had to tell someone how much I enjoyed The Dud Avocado. It made me laugh, scream, and guffaw (which, incidentally, is a great name for a law firm).” –Groucho Marx "[The Dud Avocado] is one of the best novels about growing up fast..." -The Guardian

Download or read book The Avocado written by Bruce A. Schaffer and published by CABI. This book was released on 2013 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is comprised of 15 chapters covering principles and basic understanding in avocado science, technology, best management practices and postharvest aspects. It is aimed at avocado researchers, libraries, teachers and academics, students, advisers, cutting edge growers and industry support personnel. Topics discussed include the history, distribution, uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, reproductive biology, ecophysiology, cultivars and rootstocks, propagation, biotechnology, irrigation and mineral nutrition, crop management, foliar, fruit and soil-borne diseases, insect and mite pests and harvesting, packing, postharvest technology, transport and processing.

Download or read book The Salty Avocado A Rotten Fruit Finds Redemption After an Accident Through the Perseverance of Friends written by Aaron Cohen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Salty Avocado is a children's book about a truly rotten fruit who finds redemption in the healing power of raspberry hugs. The book features Chris Piascik's vibrant illustrations and style-defining lettering matched with Aaron Cohen's playful and endearing story. This book is for kids who like big colors and catchy words, but it's also for parents who end up reading the same story every single night. (This is every parent.) The Salty Avocado wasn't always so salty, in fact, he used to be one of the more popular members of his home in the fridge. Then one day, an accident changed him. It wasn't his fault, but after that day Avocado's mood turned dark and there wasn't anything any of his food friends could do. Little by little the other foods desserted (get it?) him. Soon he was all alone and liked it that way. Can anything change Avocado back to his gregarious self? With whimsical rhymes and rousing illustrations, The Salty Avocado teaches the value of friendship in the face of adversity.

Download or read book Absolutely Avocados written by Gaby Dalkin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love avocados no matter how you serve them? Then this is the perfect cookbook for you. Absolutely Avocados will introduce you to delightfully delicious new ideas for using this healthy superfood in breakfasts, lunches, salads, snacks, and plenty of other ways you haven't even imagined-like smoothies! The first book from renowned blogger and chef Gaby Dalkin, Absolutely Avocados displays a fresh and simple cooking style-a mix of California casual with a healthy dose of Southwestern flair-with 80 recipes like grilled flank steak with avocado chimichurri, avocado stuffed potato skins, and crab and avocado quesadillas. And if you're new to avocados entirely, an introductory section walks you through the common varieties of avocado with foolproof advice on cutting, storing, and picking ripe avocados at the market. So, if you love avocados and healthy, great-tasting food, this is the perfect cookbook for you. Book jacket.

Download or read book The Avocado Book written by Ron Simpson and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to prep, style, and eat this phenomenally popular superfood With over sixty recipes included from breakfast through to dessert--with everything from avo nuggets to avo ice pops to adding avocado to classic dishes--the culinary creations in this book prove that avocados are not only tasty and nutritious but incredibly versatile too. The Avocado Book is filled with pages of inspiration on how to make the most of this number one superfood.

Download or read book Avocado Asks written by Momoko Abe and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deliciously funny book about identity and being confident in your own skin—featuring the world's most popular superfood, the avocado! Avocado is feeling just fine in the produce section at the supermarket until a young customer asks a difficult question: "Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable?" Avocado doesn't know the answer either, and the question won't seem to go away! Soon, avocado is in the midst of a full-on identity crisis. Children will laugh along as Avocado hunts for answers in each aisle of the grocery store, chatting with fish, cans of beans, sausages, and finally a tomato, who confides to Avocado that he doesn't know what HE is either, adding "And. I. Don't. Care." With cool, vivid artwork and a funny twist on every page, here is a story that celebrates individuality and fluidity, letting children know they are perfect just as they are and however they choose to express themselves.

Download or read book Avocado Stickers written by Ellen Scott and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has a new favorite fruit that's green and healthy and delicious. These 24 stickers celebrate the avocado's recent surge in popularity with a playful variety of punning images.

Download or read book The Avocado Cookbook written by Heather Thomas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avocados. Delicious, versatile, and good for you! This humble green fruit adds velvety texture and creamy nutty flavours to every dish, turning any meal into something really special. From Mexican Brunch Burritos to Avocado and Prawn Sushi, Linguine with Avocado Pesto, Cheesy Avocado Frittata and even Avocado Eton Mess, this book has plenty of step-by-step recipes to suit all tastes! Packed with Protein and vitamins - good nutrition has never been so neatly packaged.

Download or read book Smashed Avocado written by Nicole Haddow and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buying a property isn’t easy. It’s not meant to be. It’s one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll make in your life. But it is worth it. At thirty, journalist Nicole Haddow had an unstable income, no financial plan and only credit-card debt to her name. But less than two years later she was a homeowner. In Smashed Avocado, Nicole explains the steps she took to purchase her own home, and interviews other people who have found diverse ways to enter the property market, including rentvesting, flipping, Airbnb, tiny homes and buying regionally. She shares practical tips from property experts and the acquired wisdom of a new generation of homeowners – down to the micro-details. She even thrashes it out with Bernard Salt, the man who said young people should stop splashing out on expensive brunches if they want to own their own home. Nicole’s story is inspiring and optimistic – but, most importantly, it’s realistic. The home ownership dream might look different today, but it’s still possible to make it a reality. ‘A refreshingly real, informative and thoroughly researched must-read for anyone struggling to enter the housing market’ —Lucy Feagins, The Design Files

Download or read book An Avocado a Day written by Lara Ferroni and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond guacamole! Enjoy avocados in 70 delicious and different ways and improve your health with this cookbook devoted to the popular superfood. Research shows that adding an avocado a day to your diet can improve your overall health, but even most avocado lovers don't know what to do with them beyond adding a slice or two to a sandwich or mashing one into guacamole. Here are 70 simple and delicious tasty recipes for everything from breakfast to dessert, including Avocado Green Curry Noodles, Tequila, Citrus and Ginger Stuffed Avocados, Avocado Waffles, and Avocado Key Lime Pie. Author Lara Ferroni educates readers on the various kinds of avocados and how to pick them, store them, and even grow them! Home cooks will learn how to use avocado butter, oil, and honey, and how to incorporate avocados into any every meal of the day.

Download or read book Avocadomania written by Déborah Holtz and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From social media to hipster menus, avocados are trending, and this utterly original cookbook from the avocado’s native Mexico celebrates the fruit that went from Aztec aphrodisiac to twenty-first-century clean-eating superfood. Everything there is to know about avocados is here: ancient origins, amazing health properties, restorative cosmetic uses, and a recipe collection far beyond the tried and true. This book features a fresh visual design aesthetic that reflects the creative sensibility of Mexican contemporary art, graphic design, atmospheric photography, and street style. Recipes cover everything from guacamole in many variations, salads, unusual sides, many permutations of avocado toast—even toastless avocado sandwiches—as well as less well-known and offbeat uses. The book also explores avocado butter and oil; detoxifying smoothies; rejuvenating cosmetic salves and masks, and much more. Practical matters are also addressed: an avocado overview by type; storage tips; preserving the brilliant green flesh from browning; ripening immature fruits; and safety tips for slicing and de-pitting. Avocados are grown in Mediterranean climates globally and dominate social media, hip restaurant menus, and health-based diets, but this is the first book paying tribute to the superfruit’s deep roots as a native, Mexican heritage food. WINNER OF THE 2022 GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS

Download or read book The Food Explorer written by Daniel Stone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true adventures of David Fairchild, a turn-of-the-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes—and thousands more—to the American plate. “Fascinating.”—The New York Times Book Review • “Fast-paced adventure writing.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Richly descriptive.”—Kirkus • “A must-read for foodies.”—HelloGiggles In the nineteenth century, American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Kale from Croatia, mangoes from India, and hops from Bavaria. Peaches from China, avocados from Chile, and pomegranates from Malta. Fairchild’s finds weren’t just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of cotton that revolutionized an industry, and via Japan he introduced the cherry blossom tree, forever brightening America’s capital. Along the way, he was arrested, caught diseases, and bargained with island tribes. But his culinary ambition came during a formative era, and through him, America transformed into the most diverse food system ever created. “Daniel Stone draws the reader into an intriguing, seductive world, rich with stories and surprises. The Food Explorer shows you the history and drama hidden in your fruit bowl. It’s a delicious piece of writing.”—Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book

Download or read book The Cultivation of Avocado written by E. A. De Villiers and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Little Blue Planet written by The Mill and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story for children about why we should care for our little blue planet, the only home we have, to teach ecology, sustainability and responsibility.

Download or read book Avocado Consumption and Health written by María Guiomar Melgar Lalanne and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is a tropical tree native from south-central Mexico, showing nowadays an increasing commercial interest worldwide for its unique sensorial characteristics, high nutritional quality, and its medicinal uses. The global market is ruled by the exportation of the fresh fruit; but, the presence of avocado products (mainly avocado oil) is gaining interest and currently involves close to 20%, both for human and industrial (mainly cosmetic) purposes. The fruits are mostly consumed raw as guacamole, a dip traditionally made by mashing ripe avocados with salt or added as an ingredient in salads. Avocado fruit is rich in healthy monounsaturated fatty acids (mostly oleic acid) and fiber. Moreover, the fruit is rich in bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, carotenoids, tocopherols, potassium, and sitosterol. Their health properties are mostly related to the high amount of antioxidant compounds present. Thus, it is used as an auxiliary agent in the reduction of cholesterol and triglyceride levels and weight management. In the food industry, the use of avocado oil as a preservative has been explored for its high antimicrobial activity. Therefore, this book covers a wide variety of topics related to avocado fruit and avocado by-products, including their therapeutic and nutraceutical potential, their bioactive compounds, and oxidative stability. Also, new research about the characterization of avocado and avocado-based products, its conservation, and potential use as a food industrial antioxidant and antimicrobial is included as well. Finally, an interesting update of patents on avocado products related to health is also reviewed"--

Download or read book The Anxious Avocado written by Kris Taft Miller and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale follows our friend the Anxious Avocado as he encounters his various friends, from the Concerned Cookie, the Worried Waffle to the Panicked Peach and more! Each one of his friends offers him advice on how to help deal with his anxiety about starting at a new school. Each friend describes a memory of a time when they had anxiety about something and a technique they used to help them deal with their feelings and calm down. For example, the Confused Cocoa teaches his friend to take deep breaths when you feel stressed and pretend you are blowing on a hot cup of cocoa!Six techniques for dealing with daily anxiety are covered in the story in a fun and age appropriate way that helps children remember them when they need them.Kris Taft Miller is a former Disney Animation designer who owns a graphic design agency. She loves avocados and she loves her two sons and her husband. One of her little avocados has some anxiety and she has enjoyed learning new ways to help him gain confidence in his ability to handle whatever life throws at him.