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June 28, 2021
California summers are filled with warm nights, trips to the coast and an abundance of fresh, local produce, like delicious in-season California avocados. Grown in the Golden State
from San Diego to Monterey, the versatile fruit adds
dynamic flavor and texture to everyone’s favorite summer dishes and is celebrated each June during California Avocado Month. With this in mind, the California Avocado Commission set out to discover Californian’s favorite California avocado recipes. Partnering with Modern Luxury, CAC hosted a recipe contest, asking California-based fans to submit their must-eat avocado dishes.
Finalist recipes were tested with El Cajon’s Mary Beth Porucznik bringing home the grand prize of $1,000 plus a $400 restaurant gift card and a California avocado prize pack. with her delicious California Avocado & Shrimp Pizza recipe. Porucznik’s winning recipe was prepared by a Modern Luxury chef and professionally photographed to be featured on Calif
Tarragon Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Chicken salad sounds kind of
meh on paper…but when you jazz it up with homemade tarragon mayonnaise and quick-pickled onions, it’s all we want to eat for lunch. Luckily, Alexandra Stafford’s tarragon chicken salad sandwiches (from her Cookbook,
Bread Toast Crumbs) are easy to make (and they taste better than the best deli sammie).
If you
really want to gild the lily, you can make Ali’s soft sandwich bread to assemble the sandwiches. You could bake it a day ahead and enjoy it all week or you could use store-bought bread and call it a day. We won’t judge.
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If you are looking to add a little more fun to your dinnertime routine, look no further. Because we can all use a little more fun in the kitchen, and because cooking really
is creative, the Darien Arts Center is pleased to offer a free virtual community cooking class featuring Darien native and DHS alum, Phoebe Maglathlin on February 4 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sign up at darienarts.org for the grocery list, recipes and the Zoom link. The class is free but a minimum donation of $10 to the DAC is suggested.
In the interactive one-hour class, McGlaughlin, owner and head chef at