Celebrate a California-Style Cinco de Mayo with Fresh California Avocados and the Two Hot Tamales!
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With their rich flavor and creamy texture, Fresh California Avocados are apt to draw media attention at any time, but as Cinco de Mayo celebrations begin, they're front page news. Check out our press releases, info about Too Hot Tamales and learn why people insist on California Avocados.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with festive California Avocado recipes created by the Too Hot Tamales
Cinco de Mayo means a day of colorful fiestas and tasty Latin-inspired foods. With California Avocados now available in markets, the fruit will serve as one of the most prevalent ingredients in the holiday's dishes. In fact, an estimated 84.1 million pounds of avocados will be consumed during this year's celebrations, making Cinco de Mayo one of the largest avocado consumption days of the year.
To help party planners round out their Cinco de Mayo menus, celebrated chefs and restauranteurs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, known together as the "Too Hot Tamales," have teamed up with the California Avocado Commission to create two delicious avocado-centric recipes.
"We incorporated California Avocados into these Cinco de Mayo recipes because they bring such a creamy and delicious flavor to the dishes," said Milliken. "You can literally taste the superior quality of avocados that have been cultivated in California and that's why we insist on using them in all of our restaurants," said Feniger.
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Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, two of America's most beloved chefs, are hands-on owner-operators of the popular and critically acclaimed Border Grill restaurants in Santa Monica and Las Vegas, serving upscale, modern Latin food in a hip, urban cantina setting. The pair also own and operate Ciudad restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, featuring the bold, seductive flavors of the Latin world. And with the onset of the gourmet food truck phenomenon in metropolitan America, Mary Sue and Susan are very excited about their latest endeavor — the Border Grill Truck! In addition, Susan recently took on a solo venture, Susan Feniger's Street, exploring the culinary horizons beyond Latin cuisines with a spin on street foods from around the world.
