The latest issue (2 June 2000) of the "East Bay Express," a weekly
(free) newspaper published in the east San Francisco Bay area
(Oakland, Berkeley) has a nice article on avocados in it.  The
article is on pp. 25-26 of the current issue. The article is
titled "Little Grenades of Goodness" and was written by Kristianna
Bertelsen, an assistant editor at the "Express."

The article is available online now at:

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/food/essay_current.html

Note: If you wait too long, the link above might not work as
the article might be moved to a different address when the next issue
comes out - probably on Wednesday. When that happens, you might
be able to find it via the "Back Issues" section from their homepage:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com

The article centers on the food aspects; it is nice and has lots
of "avocado lore" in it.

Note: the avocado article link above includes recipes but they are
non-vegan, non-vegetarian, non-raw. (Would you believe avocado ice
cream?)

PS if you want to cross-post this note to other mailing lists, please
get my permission first.

Tom Billings
http://www.beyondveg.com