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Being Avocado-ed at the New Zealand High Commission

The first time I tasted an avocado was in 2009 when I visited California. I loved the buttery flesh of the fruit and the fact that my best friend, who I was meeting after almost a decade, was carving it for me, eternalized the memory. I came to associate Avocado with Nostalgia.  I tried the local avocados a couple of times, but I was naive. I didn't know how to choose an avocado, so I ended up choosing raw ones all the time and was dismayed to find them rock hard when I tried to cut through them. Why did Avocados available in India behave so differently from the one that was sliced easily by my friend in California? I wasn't able to solve the mystery.  So when my husband told me about this event at New Zealand High Commission that was all about Hass Avocados from New Zealand, I was intrigued. May be this is where I would find my answers. The fact that the event would be graced by the likes of Chef Kunal Kapoor and Chef Saby was a bonus. The icing on the cake really was tha