https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/avocado/ Recent content in Avocado on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:09:02 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/06/07/temptation-in-the-garden-of-italy/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:09:02 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/06/07/temptation-in-the-garden-of-italy/ <p><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/avocado.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-159" title="avocado" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/avocado.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a></p> <p>My eyes alighted on it as soon as I stepped into the Coop grocery store, akin to spotting the love of your life from across the room. It stared openly back at me. Green, smooth, palpable. An avocado, delicately ripe, full of rich promise and culinary inspiration.</p> <p>Danielle looked at me with chagrin. &#8220;Didn&#8217;t we just discuss the merits of eating locally grown food in class? How many air miles has that flown? Where is it from anyway?&#8221; I grimaced. &#8220;Italy? They grow avocados in the foothills of Piedmont, right?&#8221; We inspected the sign. Origin: Israel. Damn. I tried to rationalize. At least we&#8217;re not so far from the Middle East, compared to the United States?</p>