{"id":13489,"date":"2010-05-01T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=13489"},"modified":"2010-05-03T17:49:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T00:49:59","slug":"california-avocado-commission-too-hot-tamales-interactive-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/california-avocado-commission-too-hot-tamales-interactive-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"California Avocado Commission & Too Hot Tamales Interactive Lunch."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nibbles of Tidbits was recently invited by the California Avocado Commission<\/a>\u00a0to attend a gourmet, interactive lunch and cooking demonstration with chef partners Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger of the Too Hot Tamales<\/a>.\u00a0 Since I was unable to attend, but\u00a0didn’t want to miss it, Nibbles of T sent its resident\u00a0Guest Blogger<\/a>, Bonnie of Bonnie Joy Designs<\/a>.\u00a0 She always provides an interesting angle to a story and was excited to receive a personally signed copy of Cooking With Too Hot Tamales<\/a> (below).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ahhhh \u2013 Those Avocados were Awesome!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avocado advocates Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger<\/a> (a.k.a. The Too Hot Tamales) along with the California Avocado Commission<\/a>\u00a0hosted a rousing, festive Food Blogger-only event ahead of Cinco de Mayo at their downtown L.A. restaurant, Ciudad<\/a>, last Saturday. The afternoon began with a surprise. Actually, it was the \u201cinteractive\u201d portion of the show, which turned out to be a \u201cTop Chef\u201d style competition featuring the Food Bloggers themselves as the chefs along\u00a0with California Avocados, and a very long table full of potential accoutrements.<\/p>\n

The Food Bloggers<\/a> were given only seconds to pair up (I assume none of the Bloggers<\/a> had ever met one another before, which made what came next even more amazing), then they were given just 3 minutes to flesh out (pardon the pun) their best recipe for guacamole. Then they got a mere 5 minutes (yes, there was a timer!) to execute their dish and 2 more minutes to give it a definitive name. I can report that the Food Bloggers<\/a> took this competition very seriously, even if it was all in fun.<\/p>\n

And I don\u2019t think I need to tell you who the judges were… But what I can tell you is that even they were impressed at how well all 10 recipes turned out. Bravo! (Sorry Susan, that\u2019s actually not a plug for the network you are on as one of the final \u201cTop Chef Masters<\/strong><\/a>\u201d on May 5th\u2026or\u2026 maybe it is). I think I got to sample all ten dishes, and they really were all tasty and creative, so everyone was a winner.<\/p>\n

The next hour featured the Too Hot Tamales doing what they do best \u2013 whipping up a four course meal with each one featuring avocados as the core ingredient. If you want to see poetry in motion, then you need to experience Susan and her long-time business partner Mary Sue as they whirled and twirled their way through a menu that included a Crispy Avocado Taco, an incredible salad with fried (yes, fried) capers, Chicken and Avocado Chilaquiles and for dessert, Avocado and Mango Slices with a Creamy Yogurt Dressing. They even managed to blend an Avocado and Orange \u201cLiquado\u201d to drink. Needless to say, each dish was a masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Ciudad Executive Chef Jeremy Tummel and Jan DeLyser\u00a0from the California Avocado Commission also joined in the fun that happened at this invitation only event. If you came away from this afternoon hungry, then you did not attend the same event that I did. The attention to detail was impeccable \u2013 from the beginning Margarita to the personalized cookbooks at the end \u2013 and was well appreciated by the interior designer in me.<\/p>\n

I now have a fresh appreciation for a fruit that is locally grown and nutritionally packed. So be sure to add Avocados <\/strong>to your daily diet, and not just on special occasions or on Cinco de Mayo!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thanks Bonnie.\u00a0 I love Avocados too\u00a0and\u00a0my parents eat ’em almost daily.\u00a0 It looks like I missed a\u00a0pretty cool event, but I’m happy to have the exciting report and photos.<\/p>\n

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Note<\/span>:\u00a0 Bonnie bought a new\u00a0camera for this event — As I write this, it’s in the process of being returned.\u00a0 We like what was captured, but\u00a0weren’t happy with the graininess of the photos.\u00a0 What’s posted here is the best of the worst.\u00a0 Click on the Blogger links above to view better photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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