Orange County

Lectures & Culinary Demos

Event Wrap Up: Q&A Session

The Avocado Wrap Up: Question and Answer session

Join Eric Focht, avocado researcher from UC Riverside, Paul Spitzzeri, Director of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum, and Greg Rager, UC Master Gardener of Orange County to answer your questions about all things avocado!

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The Avocado Freezer Test

Culinary Experiment: Can you really preserve avocados by freezing? What's the best method of processing? Is the final product any good?

Join Colleen Clemens, Community Educator for UC Master Food Preserver of Orange County as she walks you through a number of different processing methods to see if freezing avocados actually works!

Colleen

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Avocado Growing for Hobby Farmer & Home Hovice

Discussion: We explore the essentials of growing avocados, whether at home or trying your hand at hobby farming. 

Presented by Greg Rager- UC Master Gardener & CA Rare Fruit Grower
(Greg's full presentation slides can be found HERE.

Greg Rager

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AUDIO

Summer Backyard Burger and Spicy Guacamole

Summertime Backyard Burger with Spicy Guacamole

Jairo Bogarin
Owner/ Head Chef, Hamburgers Nice

Jairo Bogarin Hamburgers Nice

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A fascinating look into the early days of avocado marketing in So Cal

History Lecture: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Southern California:  Edwin G. Hart and the Avocado Tracts of Hacienda Heights and La Habra Heights, 1910-1930 

Presented by Paul Spitzzeri, Director of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

Paul Spitzzeri

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Pulled Jackfruit and Avocado Mole Tacos

Vegan Pulled Jackfruit Tacos w/ Avocado Mole

Avocado Tahini Dip 

Andrea Machuca
Owner/ Head Chef, The Culinary Underground

Andrea Machuca

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Avocado Tahini Whip Recipe PDF

Hass Avocado Mole Jackfruit Tacos Recipe PDF

 
 
 

History of Avo Breeding in So Cal

Lecture: History of Avocado Varieties and
Their Improvement in California

 

Eric Focht, Staff Research Associate for the University of California Riverside

Eric Focht

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Easy to Make Stuffed Avocados

Avocados stuffed with an easy-to-make tuna salad.

Natalie Price
Advisor, EFNEP Los Angeles & Orange Co.

Natalie Price

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