June is California Avocado Month!

During the peak of the California avocado growing season, the premium quality of this hand-grown fruit can be found in kitchens, restaurants and grocery stores across the country. Because California produces approximately 90 percent of the nation’s avocado crop, grown on nearly 5,000 family farms, several local city and county governments have named June California Avocado Month. In partnership with the California Avocado Commission, popular chefs from New York City to San Diego are sharing their love of the fruit’s rich flavor and creamy texture by incorporating California Avocado dishes into their restaurant’s menus throughout June 2012.

Also, a number of California city and county governments where partner chefs are helping to promote the fruit are also officially designating June as California Avocado Month, including the City of Los Angeles, City of Santa Monica, Placer County and San Diego County. Read more

See the below list of chefs that will be celebrating California Avocado Month in their restaurants across the United States!

 

Mike & Molly Fagnoni		Hawks Restaurant - Sacramento, California*
		Hawk’s will be offering a 3 course menu for Sacramento’s Wine & Dine Week which runs May 30-June 9. One of the courses will be a crab and California Avocado salad with a grapefruit citronette. This is a beautiful dish in which they wrap the crab in avocado and mold into a cylinder, which is then sliced to reveal the crab. This dish will also be on the a la carte menu for the entire month of June. On June 17, they will feature California Avocado in an entree, most likely their Huevos Rancheros in honor of Father’s Day. And finally, every Sunday they put aside the regular menu and create a 4 course Sunday Supper. They are planning to incorporate California Avocados into each Sunday Supper menu in June.
Trey Foshee		George's at the Cove - San Diego, California*
		Chef Trey will have a designated California Avocado dish on the menu for June. Trey has  many avocado dished included on a regular basis as well.
Ivy Stark		Dos Caminos Restaurant - New York, New York*
		Chef Ivy always has avocado on her menu. More details to come.
Kent Rathbun		Blue Plate Kitchen (and other restaurants) - Dallas, Texas*
		Chef Kent will be featuring a California Avocado themed dish on his specials board at Blue Plate and possibly Abacus*. More details to come.
Lisa Schroder		Mother's Bistro & Bar - Portland, Oregon*
		Lisa has updated a mac-n-cheese recipe on her menu to: California Avocado Mac ‘n’ Cheese and will be featuring it throughout June.
Carol Wallack		Sola Restaurant - Chicago, Illinois*
		Carol is planning to create a new menu item for California Avocado month. More details to come.

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