avocado toast

The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
by Joseph C. Sternberg
Published 13 May 2019

And because that was in the left-wing Guardian newspaper, the writer also needed to point out sternly that “brunch has become a convenient scapegoat for structural inequality.”3 The Los Angeles Times figured that a young person would need to pass up on daily $19 avocado toast—and not spend money on any other breakfast, either—for around 15 years to save up a down payment on the median house in Los Angeles County.4 Britain’s Independent newspaper captured some of the irate social media reaction from Millennials who had taken to Twitter—where else—to vent about Gurner’s suggestion: “‘Stop buying avocado toast’ is 2017’s ‘let them eat cake,’” said one. “I was gonna put a down payment on a house last year but then I spent $44,000 on avocado toast,” tweeted another.5 Then came the reaction to the reaction. “Avocado toast, expensive hobbies, car payments and the other splurges hurt our finances in huge ways,” personal-finance columnist Holly Johnson wrote in the Indianapolis Star.

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Linda Qiu and Daniel Victor, “Fact-Checking a Mogul’s Claims About Avocado Toast, Millennials and Home Buying,” New York Times, May 16, 2017. 3. Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, “Stop Spending Money on Avocadoes? I’ll Have a House Deposit by 2117,” Guardian (London), May 16, 2017. 4. Jessica Roy, “Why You Can’t Afford a House (Hint: It’s Not the Avocado Toast),” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2017. 5. Ben Chapman, “Property Tycoon Tells Millennials to Stop Buying Avocado Toast If They Ever Want to Buy a House,” Independent (London), May 16, 2017. 6. Holly Johnson, “Yes, Avocado Toast Can Hurt Your Finances,” Indianapolis (Ind.)

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.* The reaction was swift and furious. “Millennials have enough problems as it is. Must they give up avocado toast, too?” a New York Times article asked. That story went on to estimate that if young adults cut back their annual restaurant expenses to what their parents currently spend on eating out, it would still take 113 years for a young person to save up a 20 percent down payment on the median American home.2 Presumably young people in the United Kingdom are slightly better off, because in that country an angry columnist calculated she’d need to forego avocado toast for only 100 years to save her down payment. And because that was in the left-wing Guardian newspaper, the writer also needed to point out sternly that “brunch has become a convenient scapegoat for structural inequality.”3 The Los Angeles Times figured that a young person would need to pass up on daily $19 avocado toast—and not spend money on any other breakfast, either—for around 15 years to save up a down payment on the median house in Los Angeles County.4 Britain’s Independent newspaper captured some of the irate social media reaction from Millennials who had taken to Twitter—where else—to vent about Gurner’s suggestion: “‘Stop buying avocado toast’ is 2017’s ‘let them eat cake,’” said one.

The Glass Half-Empty: Debunking the Myth of Progress in the Twenty-First Century
by Rodrigo Aguilera
Published 10 Mar 2020

The people that own homes today worked very, very hard for it and saved every dollar.1 The ridicule did not take long to follow, as well as the hypocrisy: it was revealed that Gurner obtained a $34,000 loan from his grandfather which helped him seal his first property deal. And then there was the obvious point that no amount of saving on avocado toasts could conceivably save enough money to obtain the deposit on an average-priced property in most of Australia’s major cities — 11,815 avocado toasts in Sydney to be precise, according to one BBC article.2 That’s over thirty-two years of savings, even when assuming an avocado toast consumption of one a day which is probably too extreme to all but the kings and queens of hipsterdom. It is not uncommon for people who received a helping hand early in life to later claim that all their successes were due to hard work and personal effort, rather than a family handout or a trust fund.

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“Belief in a just world: Review and critique of the individual difference literature”, British Journal of Social Psychology, 28(4), Dec. 1989, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.1989.tb00880.x Chapter Three: Twenty-First Century Breakdown 1 The original video can be found on the Facebook page of 60 Minutes Australia but has been extensively quoted elsewhere: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1278934388842540 2 “The avocado toast index: How many breakfasts to buy a house?”, BBC Worklife, https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170530-the-avocado-toast-index-how-many-breakfasts-to-buy-a-house 3 Belfield, C. et al., “Higher Education Funding in England: Past, Present and Options for the Future”, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 5 Jul. 2017, https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/9334 4 “Student Debt and the Class of 2017”, The Institute for College Access and Success, 28 Oct. 2018, https://ticas.org/affordability-2/student-debt-and-class-2017/ 5 Table 330.10 in “Digest of Education Statistics 2017”, National Center for Education Statistics, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/ 6 Friedman, Z., “Student Loan Statistics in 2019: A $1.5 Trillion Crisis”, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2019,. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2019/02/25/student-loan-debt-statistics-2019/#4017ecc8133f 7 Marcus, J., “New Analysis Shows Problematic Boom in Higher Ed Administrators”, NECIR, 6 Feb. 2014, https://www.necir.org/2014/02/06/new-analysis-shows-problematic-boom-in-higher-ed-administrators/ 8 Conway, W., “University seeks £600 million bond to fund controversial project”, Varsity, 27 Apr. 2018, https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/15354 9 Parveen N., “Universities Staff Put Trips to Vegas and Strip Club on Expenses”, Guardian, 7 Aug. 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/aug/07/universities-staff-put-trips-to-vegas-and-strip-club-on-expenses 10 “QS World University Rankings 2019”, QS Top Universities, https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2019 11 Although online platforms like Uber and Deliveroo have become the face of the gig economy, in reality far more workers are contracted informally through contract firms and other forms of off-line outsourcing. 12 “The Rich World is Enjoying an Unprecedented Jobs Boom”, Economist, 23 May 2019, https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/05/23/the-rich-world-is-enjoying-an-unprecedented-jobs-boom 13 Manyika, J. et al, “Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy”, McKinsey Global Institute, Oct. 2016, https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/independent-work-choice-necessity-and-the-gig-economy 14 Katz, L.F., and Krueger, A.B., “The Rise and Nature of Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States, 1995–2015”, ILR Review, 72(2), Mar. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793918820008 15 Bracha, A. and Burke, M., “Wage Inflation and Informal Work”, Current Policy Perspectives, 18-2, 2018, https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/current-policy-perspectives/2018/wage-inflation-and-informal-work 16 Lakner, C. and Milanovic, B., “Global Income Distribution : From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Great Recession”, World Bank Economic Review, 30(2), 2016, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29118 17 Remes, J. et al., “Solving the productivity puzzle”, McKinsey Global Institute, Feb. 2018, https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/regions-in-focus/solving-the-productivity-puzzle 18 Farrell, D. et al, “Accounting for the cost of US health care: A new look at why Americans spend more”, McKinsey Global Institute, Dec. 2008, https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/accounting-for-the-cost-of-us-health-care 19 “A Typical American Birth Costs as Much as Delivering a Royal Baby”, Economist, 23 Apr. 2018, https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/04/23/a-typical-american-birth-costs-as-much-as-delivering-a-royal-baby 20 Greene, B., “When Childbirth Cost $100”, CyroCell, 31 Oct. 2018, https://www.cryo-cell.com/blog/april-2017/when-childbirth-cost-100-dollars 21 “The Graduate Employment Gap: Expectation Versus Reality”, CIPD, Nov. 2017, https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/work/skills/graduate-employment-gap-report 22 “Home Ownership and Renting: Demographics”, House of Commons Library, 9 Jun. 2017, https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7706 23 In Enlightenment Now (pg. 254) Pinker quotes some estimates made in a 2013 Wall Street Journal piece that supposedly debunk the “myth of a stagnant middle class”.

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And yet the fact that BJW is possessed by nearly all the demons of irrational optimism makes it hard to accept as an intellectually respectable worldview. BJW, like all the claims of “rational optimism” applied at societal levels, can only be described by the word used by Lerner himself after decades of study: delusional. CHAPTER THREE: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BREAKDOWN How Avocado Toast is Ruining Western Civilization It is easy to see why pessimism prevails in the West despite the claims that everything is so much better. For the post-crisis generation saddled with student debt, unaffordable homes, and the first real wage stagnation since the 1980s, the idea of progress represented by faster smartphones and lower mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa seems moot at best, even insulting at worst.

Working Hard, Hardly Working
by Grace Beverley

Being labelled entitled, workshy, and the adjective one could only imagine to be ‘snowflake-y’, is nothing new (she types, through hard-done-by, you-don’t-understand-us tears). In a 2016 op-ed in The Australian,2 ‘young people’ were generation-splained (mansplaining’s wider-reaching sibling), with the assertion that if we all stopped eating avocado toast with ‘crumbled feta’, and a seemingly insulting ‘five-grain toasted bread’, we could buy houses instead. Now, to provide context, I am extremely privileged to own a house – and it certainly wasn’t thanks to refraining from an over-enthusiastic combination of seeds in my bread, nor from gagging myself in local independent cafés.

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It was because I’ve been a significant exception to an unfair rule – in ways we’ll go into later – and my own reality is not reflective of my wider generation at all. The implication that we can’t buy houses because we brunch too often is facetious at best, and damaging at worst. For one, housing is far more expensive than it was for our parents’ generation. In fact, the BBC calculated that you would have to save on 24,499 servings of avocado toast to afford just an average deposit – that’s over sixty-seven years of eating the avo-toast combo every single day.3 As much as I guiltily love the dish, you can very much count me out there (plus, the chances of finding a ripe avocado every day for seventy years seem pretty laughable, if you ask me).

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FINAL THOUGHTS When I first decided to write this book, I honestly had no idea what it would entail. There’s a huge amount of chatter online, in books, in studies, about our generations; I’m often asked to speak about it in my day job, especially when it comes to ‘how to market’ to Gen Z. The way we’re talked about – having been born into an era of recession, technology and apparently avocado toast – it’s as if the world birthed a new generation of bright green children. We’re looked at with an eye to what on earth we’re going to become, whether we’re going to survive the climate crisis, whether we’re a whole different type of human thanks to the alarming rate of technological advancement defining our every moment.

Lonely Planet Barcelona
by Isabella Noble and Regis St Louis
Published 15 Nov 2022

FederalCAFE€ map Google map (%93 280 81 71; www.federalcafe.es; Passatge de la Pau 11; mains €7-10; h9am-11pm Mon-Sat, to 5pm Sun; W; mDrassanes) Brick-walled industrial-chic design, a sea of open MacBooks, stacks of design mags – this welcoming, queue-out-the-door branch of the Sant Antoni Federal mothership delivers outrageously popular Australian-inspired brunches in a calming glassed-in space overlooking a quiet square. It’s known for creative dishes such as baked eggs with spinach and gruyère, avocado toast with carrot hummus and French toast with berry compote. La PlataTAPAS€ map Google map (%93 315 10 09; www.barlaplata.com; Carrer de la Mercè 28; tapas €2.50-5; h10am-3.15pm & 6.15-11pm Mon-Sat; mJaume I) Tucked away in a narrow lane near the waterfront, tile-walled La Plata is a humble, well-loved bodega that has served just four simple, perfect plates since launching back in 1945: pescadito frito (fried fish), butifarra (sausage), anchovies and tomato salad.

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MilkINTERNATIONAL€ map Google map (%93 268 09 22; www.milkbarcelona.com; Carrer d’en Gignàs 21; mains €9-13; h9am-2am Thu-Mon, to 2.30am Fri & Sat; W; mJaume I) Also loved for its crafted cocktails, Irish-run Milk rescues Barcelona night owls with morning-after brunches (until 4.30pm!). Arrive early or join the wait list for lemon-dusted avocado toast, banana pancakes, egg-white omelettes stuffed with piquillo peppers and other deliciously rich hangover-beating dishes. It’s all served in a cosy lounge with ornate wallpaper, framed prints and cushioned seating. The same team runs brunchy Marmalade in El Raval and Gigi von Tapas over in L’Eixample.

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oAuto RosellonINTERNATIONAL€€ map Google map (%93 853 93 20; www.autorosellon.com; Carrer del Rosselló 182; breakfasts €4-9, mains €10-15; h8am-1am Mon-Wed, to 2am Thu & Fri, 9am-2am Sat, 9am-midnight Sun; Wv; mDiagonal, dFGC Provença) S With cornflower-blue paintwork and fresh produce on display, Auto Rosellon works mostly organic ingredients sourced from small producers and its own garden into creative dishes like avocado toast with feta, cauliflower doused in kale pesto, gnudi pasta with baked pumpkin, and slow-roasted-pork tacos. Homemade juices, lemonade and cakes are exceptional, and there are natural wines, cocktails and craft beers. The €16 lunchtime menú is popular. Parking PizzaPIZZA€€ map Google map (%93 633 96 45; www.parkingpizza.com; Carrer de Londres 98; mains €11-15; h1-4pm & 8-11pm Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat, closed 12-25 Aug; v; dFGC Provença) In this garage-style space, you’re likely to be sharing a long unvarnished wooden table, squeezed in on a cardboard-box stool, but that’s half the fun.

Nashville Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home
by Dk Eyewitness
Published 28 Sep 2021

on supporting its community by employing and mentoring students 81 82 080-083_LAL_Nashville.indd 81 06/08/2021 12:23 080-083_LAL_Nashville.indd 82 06/08/2021 12:23 C O F F E E S H O P S of South Nashville. One hundred percent of their profits go towards programs and scholarships for their employees. Oh, and the cof ee is seriously good, too. » Don’t leave without making like a millennial and ordering one of the creative avocado toasts. Toppings change with the seasons. BARISTA PARLOR Map 2; 1230 4th Avenue North, Germantown; ///loaf.hatch.newly; www.baristaparlor.com Beakers, high stools, and careful science. No, you’re not back in chemistry class, but you are in a lab of sorts. Barista Parlor prides itself on experimenting to create the best brew, using different techniques to highlight the unique flavor of each roast.

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One hundred percent of their profits go towards KO R E A N V E T E R A N S B LV D KO R E A N V E T E R A N S B LV D An afternoon of programs and scholarships for their employees. Oh, and the cof ee E A T L A L A FA FA Y Y K E E R RUTLEDGE UTLEDGE is seriously good, too. T T T T E E A S T S brewery hopping T HILL HILL » T Don’t leave without making like a millennial and ordering one of the creative avocado toasts. Toppings change with the seasons. I - 4 0 I - 4 0 Nashville has long taken its beer seriously. 6 6 T T E H E H W W With the arrival of German immigrants in the I N A I N A THE THE V V G GE E 19th century came a love of beer, and breweries GUL GUL CH CH N N A A V V U U BARISTA PARLOR E E E E started popping up across the city.

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This spot has all the SUZY WONG’S HOUSE OF YUM welcoming vibes of your best friend’s living room. Need proof? Map 2; 1515 Church Street, North Gulch; ///poker.glare.critic; Owner Jonda regularly gets up on stage to sing soulfully to her www.suzywongsnashville.com beloved patrons, who all return the love with hoots and hollers as Mimosas, rhinestones, avocado toast, more rhinestones – Suzy she hits the high notes. This iconic bar was created with the lesbian Wong’s is Nashville’s original drag brunch and now drag dinner. It’s community in mind, but it’s as inclusive as they come; whatever your a staple for out-of-towners and bacheloret e parties but that doesn’t background or story, you’ll feel right at home.

Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain's Housing Emergency
by Vicky Spratt
Published 18 May 2022

Available at www.housing.org.uk/resources/people-in-housing-need/ 3 The Problem with Generation Rent social housing shortage in Essex: For ONS statistics on the Essex housing shortage, see Paige Ingram, ‘The Essex towns where there “won’t be enough houses” for everyone by 2041’, Essex Live, 12 November 2019, www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-towns-wont-enough-houses-3527226 average rental cost of a two-bedroom home increased: ‘Rent prices in Colchester outpace income growth’, Essex County Standard, 13 August 2018, www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/16411459.rent-prices-colchester-outpace-income-growth/ living costs for poorer households: Richard Partington, ‘Living costs rising faster for UK’s poorest families than richest’, Guardian, 25 April 2019, www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/25/living-costs-rising-faster-for-uks-poorest-families-than-richest The length of time a person has to wait: See england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/council_housing_association/how_councils_allocate_housing ‘increasing the overall supply’: Emma Lunn, ‘Demand on PRS “greater than ever before”’, Landlord Today, 21 March 2016, www.landlordtoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2016/3/demand-on-prs-greater-than-ever-before tried to extol the ‘benefits’ of renting: ‘Explained: the advantages of renting over buying’, HomeLet, 9 June 2017, homelet.co.uk/tenants/blog/article/explained-the-advantages-of-renting-over-buying more households with children: ‘UK private rented sector: 2018’, Office for National Statistics (18 January 2019), www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/ukprivaterentedsector/2018 badly impacted by the 2008 financial crash: Sarah O’Connor, ‘Millennials poorer than previous generations, data show’, Financial Times, 23 February 2018, www.ft.com/content/81343d9e-187b-11e8-9e9c-25c814761640 ‘scarring’ effect on our wages: Stephen Clarke, ‘Coming of age during a downturn can cause scarring – and it takes up to a decade to heal’, Resolution Foundation, 13 May 2019, www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/coming-of-age-during-a-downturn-can-cause-scarring-and-it-takes-up-to-a-decade-to-heal/ growing number of older renters: ‘Number of pensioners living in poverty tops two million, with Black and Asian older people most at risk’, Age UK, 16 June 2021, www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-press/articles/2021/number-of-pensioners-living-in-poverty-tops-two-million/ surge in 55- to 64-year-olds renting: Sarah Davidson, ‘Number of retired renters DOUBLES in a decade: Landlords plan to invest in homes for elderly as social care crisis fails to keep pace with demand’, This is Money, 5 November 2020, www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/buytolet/article-8884541/Number-retired-renters-doubles-decade.html the highest numbers of older renters: Ibid. ‘if you want a house, stop buying avocado toast’: Sam Levin, ‘Millionaire tells millennials: if you want a house, stop buying avocado toast’, Guardian, 15 May 2017, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/15/australian-millionaire-millennials-avocado-toast-house ‘the young have never had it so good’: James Delingpole, ‘The gilded generation – why the young have never had it so good’, Spectator, 10 May 2014, www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-gilded-generation---why-the-young-have-never-had-it-so-good ‘QE-fuelled asset bubble’: Quantitative easing is a monetary policy which the Bank of England leaned into after the financial crisis.

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The moniker, which became synonymous with the human cost of the housing crisis, stuck. It made good headlines and fuelled Twitter rows the sentiment of which are perhaps best encapsulated by a Guardian article published in 2017 with the headline ‘Millionaire tells millennials: if you want a house, stop buying avocado toast’. It was a precis of the ‘pull yourselves up by your bootstraps’ mentality of those who had benefited from relatively low house prices in the 1980s, which fails to recognise that it’s impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps if you can’t afford the boots in the first place. That article was just one of countless of a similar ilk.

Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America
by Alissa Quart
Published 25 Jun 2018

more than 60 percent of Americans: “2016 Student Loan Data Update,” Center for Microeconomic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/databank.html. as one real estate developer did: Same Levin “Millionaire Tells Millennials: If You Want a House, Stop Buying Avocado Toast,” Guardian, May 15, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/15/australian-millionaire-millennials-avocado-toast-house. a paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: “Household Debt and Credit: 2017 Q2 Report,” Center for Microeconomic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc/background.html.

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It turned out that student or educational training debt had put many of the attendees in their predicaments. This made sense to me. After all, more than 60 percent of Americans with student debt are over thirty. While some flippant aristos like to claim, as one real estate developer did, that if millennials stopped eating avocado toast they’d be able to buy houses, a paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2017 showed that this myth of profligate spending on things like gourmet food is simply untrue. Rather, declining homeownership rates are partly the result of rising public tuition and student debt, which afflicts younger Americans starting to have families.

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
by Kyle Chayka
Published 15 Jan 2024

Of course, the actual coffee mattered, too, and at these cafés you could be assured of getting a cappuccino made from fashionably light-roast espresso (which has fruitier flavor notes than traditional dark roast), your choice of milk variety (including whole, soy, almond, hemp, and oat, in a proliferating list), and elaborate latte art (a rosette pattern poured into the top of the coffee with steamed milk, which turned into a kind of hipster brand logo). The most committed among the cafés would offer a “flat white” (an Australian cappuccino variant) and avocado toast, a simple dish, also with Australian origins, that over the 2010s became synecdochic for millennial consumer preferences. Infamous headlines blamed millennials’ predilection for expensive avocado toast for their inability to buy real estate in gentrifying cities. These cafés had all adopted similar aesthetics and offered similar menus, but they hadn’t been forced to do so by a corporate parent, the way a chain like Starbucks replicated itself.

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It was a way to counteract the stress of quarantine; Kabvina’s bartending job at a chain of specialty cocktail bars had vanished. Kabvina also began making cooking videos in his apartment, quick clips in which he assembled elaborate dishes, often a brunch for his roommate. He incised baroque patterns into avocado toast; burned rosemary and trapped the smoke under a glass; and even froze ice into a crystalline bowl for cereal. I watched as his account gained followers, first tens of thousands and then hundreds of thousands. His videos were a hit; an active community with its own inside jokes grew in the videos’ comment sections.

Nadiya's British Food Adventure
by Nadiya Hussain
Published 14 Jun 2017

CONTENTS Introduction Breakfast and Brunch For the Love of Lunch Midweek Meals Friends Over Party Time Pudding Something Special Thanks Follow Penguin RECIPE LIST ALMOND & DATE MUFFINS APPLE, FIG, BRIE & HONEY STRUDEL APPLE, WALNUT & CORIANDER SALAD WITH BURNT GARLIC DRESSING ARANCINI BALLS WITH ROASTED RED PEPPER & PINE NUT DIP ASPARAGUS PIZZA BIANCO AUBERGINE & FETA TART AUBERGINE PAKORAS WITH SPICED KETCHUP BAKED CHURROS WITH A SAMOA DIP BAKED VANILLA MOUSSE, MALT & HAZELNUT HONEYCOMB BAY-INFUSED COQ AU ‘VIN’ WITH CREAMY MASH BEEF CARPACCIO WITH GHEE BREAD BEEF SKEWERS WITH PUY LENTIL & CHICKPEA SALAD BEEF WELLINGTON WITH FENNEL & MINT SALAD BLACK BEAN MOLE ENCHILADAS BLACK PEPPER & SMOKED SALMON OMELETTE BLOODY MARY CASHEWS BOLOGNESE PIE BREADED MACKEREL IN TZATZIKI PITTAS BROWN MUSTARD POTATO RÖSTI BUTTERSCOTCH BISCUIT BLONDIES CARAMELIZED ONION SOUP WITH CAYENNE CROUTONS CARAMELIZED WHITE CHOCOLATE & HAZELNUT BUNDT CAKE CARAWAY PITTA CHIPS WITH BEETROOT & FETA DIP CARAWAY SALMON WITH RED PEPPER & QUINOA SALAD CARDAMOM BANANA DROP SCONES CARDAMOM RICE PUDDING BRÛLÉES WITH MANGO, COCONUT & LIME CARROT, CUMIN & CORIANDER SOUP CAYENNE EGGS BENEDICT CHAI TEA BANANA CAKE CHEESE & CRYSTALLIZED GINGER STRAWS CHEESE SCONES WITH CHIVE BUTTER CHERRY, ALMOND & NUTMEG TARTS CHICKEN & CHORIZO PAELLA CHILLI LASAGNE CINNAMON & PINEAPPLE FRENCH TOAST CITRUS LAMINGTONS CLOVE & SQUASH RISOTTO COCONUT & BLUEBERRY TARTS CORIANDER-CRUSTED CHICKEN LIVER SALAD CORONATION TURKEY JACKET POTATO COUNTRY BEANS CRAB CAKES WITH LEMON MAYO CRAB SUMMER ROLLS CREAMY BROCCOLI & OREGANO PASTA CRISPY CHICKEN WITH SWEET POTATO FRIES & BARBECUE BEANS CRISPY CHOCOLATE & SALTED PEANUT TART CURRY, CARROT & PARSNIP BHAJIS WITH CORIANDER & CHILLI CHUTNEY EASY CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA WITH BASMATI RICE ETON MESS CHEESECAKE FENNEL WELSH CAKES WITH BLUEBERRY COULIS FENNEL, CAULIFLOWER & CHEESE FRITTATA FENUGREEK PARATHAS FISH CURRY WITH WATERCRESS & LEMON COUSCOUS FISH PIE WITH CINNAMON SWEET POTATO FIVE-SPICE DUCK PIE FLAPJACK CINNAMON APPLE CRUMBLE WITH VANILLA CUSTARD FRESH JAM DOUGHNUTS GARAM MASALA RICE & PEAS WITH RUNNY FRIED EGGS GARLIC & PARSLEY EGG CUPS GINGER TUNA NOODLE SOUP GINGERBREAD & LEMON VERTICAL CAKE GOAT TAGINE WITH ORZO & DATES GOAT’S CHEESE & RED PEPPER GALETTES HAGGIS TARTE TATIN HALLOUMI & WATERMELON SKEWERS WITH TAMARIND DIP HERBY SKYR CHICKEN SALAD IMAM BAYILDI WITH LEMON COUSCOUS INDIAN FIVE-SPICE VEGETABLE STIR-FRY JAFFA BAVAROIS JERK HADDOCK & JOLLOF RICE SALAD LAMB & MINT PASTIES WITH QUICK APPLE PICKLE LAMB BHUNA WITH GARLIC NAAN LEMON & BLACK CHIA DRIZZLE LOAF LEMON & FENNEL MARINATED OLIVES MALT TIFFIN MANGO & PASSION FRUIT JAM ROLY-POLY MASALA EGGY BREAD MEATBALL SLIDER SUBS MINI MILLIONAIRE’S CUPS MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM SANDWICHES OATCAKE, POTATO & DILL SAMOSAS ORANGE SCENTED POLENTA CAKE WITH ROSEMARY, THYME & PISTACHIOS OYSTER MUSHROOM & SOBA NOODLE SOUP PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE STACK PEANUT GRANOLA PEAR & GINGER TRIFLE PLOUGHMAN’S CHEESE & PICKLE TART POPCORN MUSSELS WITH PAPRIKA CHIVE MAYO PRAWN & ORANGE CURRY WITH BASMATI RICE PULLED BEEF IN BRIOCHE RAINBOW CAKE RED SPLIT LENTILS WITH FIVE-SPICE SODA BREAD RHUBARB & CUSTARD ICE CREAM SANDWICHES RICE GINGER FEETA WITH SWEET MANGO PICKLE ROCKY ROAD CAKE ROSE & PISTACHIO DACQUOISE FLOWER ROSE, RASPBERRY & COCONUT FOOL ROSEMARY BANOFFEE PIE SALMON SCOTCH EGGS SALT COD FRITTERS WITH PINK PEPPERCORN SAUCE SALTED PRETZEL & HAZELNUT BARK SESAME CHICKEN WITH QUICK KIMCHI SMOKED HADDOCK RAREBIT WITH CHICORY & RADISH SALAD SMOKED PAPRIKA CORNED BEEF & BAKED BEAN WRAP SPICED BEAN & BANGER STEW STEAK & KIDNEY RAS-EL-HANOUT PIE STICKY STAR ANISE WINGS WITH CHUNKY CHIPS STRAWBERRY & MINT BAKED CHEESECAKE SUMAC & LEMON THYME FOCACCIA SUMAC LAMB CHOPS WITH CRUSHED CARAMELIZED ONION POTATOES SUMMER FRUIT SEMIFREDDO SWEET SCONES WITH COCONUT CREAM & PINK PEPPERCORN PINEAPPLE JAM TAMARIND PRAWN COCKTAIL SANDWICH TANDOORI COD BURGER TANDOORI SEEKH KEBABS WITH COCONUT RICE TIRAMISÙ CAKE TOASTED TEACAKES WITH CINNAMON DATE BUTTER TOFU COCONUT KATSU CURRY TOMATO & ARTICHOKE PANZANELLA TOMATO & CUCUMBER GAZPACHO TURMERIC TOMATOES ON AVOCADO TOAST WHITE CHOCOLATE & GRAPEFRUIT TRUFFLES WHOLE BAKED FISH WITH POTATOES, LEMON & SUN-DRIED TOMATOES YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS SWEET & SAVOURY INTRODUCTION As a first-generation Brit, born to Bangladeshi immigrant parents, I grew up in a household where family was not just your mother, father and siblings, but also the grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, first-, second-, third-, fourth-cousins and even the neighbours.

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Repeat with the other egg (you can cook them both at once if your pan is large enough). 9. Place each frilly egg on top of a rösti, sprinkle with coriander leaves and black pepper, and serve while still warm. My kids love these with copious amounts of brown sauce, but I like the runny egg yolk to do the saucing for me. BROWN MUSTARD POTATO RÖSTI TURMERIC TOMATOES ON AVOCADO TOAST There’s a lot in the news right now about the health benefits of turmeric, and this is a great way to add a bit of bright-yellow spice to the start of your day. (Better than the glass of turmeric and milk concoction that my sister is convinced tastes good! I would rather have mine with my tomatoes in the morning, as I prefer to eat my food slowly rather than the down-in-one method.)

Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future
by Jean M. Twenge
Published 25 Apr 2023

BuzzFeed ran a story on twenty-four “ways Millennials became homeowners,” filled with unusual stories like “I literally got hit by a truck… I filed a lawsuit and won… enough to cover a down payment on a house”—implying that being concussed by a semi was one of the few ways Millennials might be able to afford houses. The infamous Millennial avocado toast meme started because Australian Tim Gurner, a Millennial himself, accused his peers of spending too much on brunch avocado toast and other frivolities instead of saving for home ownership. Figure 5.20: Median total wealth (assets minus liabilities) of U.S. 25- to 29-year-olds in 2018 dollars, with and without home equity, 2009–2019 Source: Panel Study of Income Dynamic Notes: Age group all Millennials in 2019.

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For many, it is both: wonderful in its sense of common experience and support, but not as wonderful when it’s weaponized as an insult, as in the derisive use of “OK, Boomer,” the labeling of Gen X’ers as slackers, or the accusation that Millennials can’t afford houses because they spent too much money on brunch plates of avocado toast. No one has a choice in the year they were born. Thus we belong to a generation whether we like it or not. As writer Landon Jones puts it, “A generation is something that happens to people; it is like a social class or an ethnic group they are born into; it does not depend on the agreement of its members.”

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The key issue for the U.S. economy in the early 2020s, as it turned out, wasn’t young people doing poorly—it was young people doing so well that supply couldn’t keep up and inflation surged. Oddly, Millennials may end up in a more precarious economic position in the mid-2020s precisely because they did so well in the early 2020s that many industries couldn’t meet demand. Avocado Toast at the Long-Awaited Wedding Reception Trait: Delaying Committed Relationships “My daughter called the other day saying she had some exciting news,” said Nancy, a Boomer from Minnesota. “I thought it might be that she and her boyfriend were finally getting married—but no, she told me they were going camping for two weeks.”

Lonely Planet Amsterdam
by Lonely Planet

Best Brunch Bakers & Roasters Banana nutbread French toast and Bloody Marys at Amsterdam's brunch specialist. Breakfast Club British, US and Mexican brunch dishes. Scandinavian Embassy Goat's milk yoghurt, salmon on Danish rye bread, and more dishes from northern lands. CT Coffee & Coconuts Soaring art-deco space for coconut-buckwheat pancakes, eggs and avocado toast. Little Collins Hip little hang-out with extraordinarily good, globe-spanning brunches. Best Frites Vleminckx To slather your golden potatoes in mayonnaise, curry or one of the myriad other sauces? Wil Graanstra Friteshuis This family-run stand has served cones of fries near Anne Frank's house for decades.

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Local bastions that are still going strong include the following: A Café 't Monumentje A Café de Jordaan A De Twee Zwaantjes 6The West oMonks Coffee RoastersCOFFEE ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Bilderdijkstraat 46; h8am-5pm Tue-Sun; j13/14 Bilderdijkstraat) Monks' phenomenal house blend, prepared with a variety of brewing methods, is hands down Amsterdam's best, but the cafe also serves superb coffee from small-scale specialists such as Amsterdam's Lot Sixty One and White Label Coffee, and Paris' Café Lomi. Its cavernous space is brilliant for brunch (try avocado toast with feta, chilli and lime, or banana bread with mascarpone and caramelised pineapple). oBrouwerij Troost WestergasBREWERY ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; %020-737 10 28; http://brouwerijtroostwestergas.nl; Pazzanistraat 27, Westergasfabriek; h4pm-1am Mon-Thu, to 3am Fri, noon-3am Sat, to midnight Sun; W; j10 Van Limburg Stirumstraat) De Pijp's brewery proved so popular it opened a larger outpost in this cavernous, industrial Westergasfabriek space punctuated by big silver tanks cooking up saison, blond ale and smoked porter varieties; the brewery also uses the tanks to distil its own gin.

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Breakfast ClubCAFE€ ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.thebreakfastclub.nl; Bellamystraat 2; dishes €5-13; h8am-4pm Mon-Fri, to 5pm Sat & Sun; j17 Ten Katestraat) For a hankering of breakfast any time of day, the laid-back Breakfast Club is perfect: Mexican breakfasts with huevos rancheros (spicy eggs); English-style, with homemade baked beans, bacon, eggs, mushrooms and sausages; or New York buttermilk pancakes with red fruits and honey butter. There are other tantalising pancake options too, plus cereals, avocado toast and other such first-world essentials. IJsboutiqueICE CREAM€ ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.ijsboutique.nl; Johannes Verhulststraat 105; ice cream 1/2/3/4 scoops €1.60/4/5/5.50; hnoon-10pm; j2 Cornelis Schuytstraat) In the upmarket shopping area around Cornelis Schuytstraat and Willemsparkweg, IJsboutique has fittingly sophisticated, seasonal ice-cream flavours, such as passion-fruit sorbet.

Fodor's Oregon
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Published 13 Jun 2023

Coffee and Quick Bites Bandon Coffee Cafe $ | CAFÉ | Just a block from the town boardwalk on the Coquille River and an array of colorful boutiques and art galleries, this casual counter-service coffeehouse has a handful of indoor and sidewalk tables. In addition to serving a wide range of coffees and teas, the café serves house-baked bagels with a variety of toppings along with breakfast sandwiches, eggs-and-avocado toast, and biscuits and gravy, along with hearty sandwiches at lunch. Known for: cranberry-orange cookies; dark cholate–white chocolate mochas; bagels with wild salmon lox. D Average main: $8 E 365 2nd St. SE, Bandon P 541/347–1144 w bandoncoffee.com C No dinner. h Hotels HBandon Dunes Golf Resort $$ | RESORT | This attractive golfing lodge provides a comfortable place to relax after a day on the world-famous links, with accommodations ranging from single rooms or cottages to four-bedroom condos, many with beautiful views of the famous golf course.

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It’s great for light snacking—there’s a nice selection of baked goods and fine chocolates—but there are also substantial grilled panini sandwiches, salads, and soups. Known for: rich Ghiradelli hot chocolate; great selection of Columbia Gorge wines by the glass; delicious breakfast sandwiches and avocado toast. D Average main: $11 E 310 Oak St., Hood River P 541/386–3000 w doppiohoodriver.com. h Hotels Best Western Plus Hood River Inn $$ | HOTEL | A low-slung, rambling hotel beside the Hood River Bridge this Best Western Plus offers some of the best river views of any hotel in the Gorge, and many units have private balconies or patios on the water; the deluxe accommodations have full kitchens, fireplaces, and Jacuzzi tubs.

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D Average main: $8 E 2101 Main St., Baker City P 541/524–9307 w charleysdeli.com C Closed Sun. HSweet Wife Baking $ | BAKERY | This Main Street mainstay is best known for its amazing sweet treats in the bakery case, but there are plenty of savory delights on the menu, too, including several grilled egg sandwiches, avocado toast, and quinoa bowls for breakfast and five creative variations of grilled cheese sandwiches at lunch. Soups and salads are also popular. Known for: tasty daytime cocktails; delicious pastries, quiche, and sandwiches; homemade syrups for espresso drinks. D Average main: $13 E 2028 Main St., Baker City P 541/403–6028 w sweetwifebaking.com C Closed Mon. and Tues.

More Plants Less Waste: Plant-Based Recipes + Zero Waste Life Hacks With Purpose
by Max La Manna
Published 21 Aug 2019

Meanwhile add 1 tablespoon of sesame oil to a frying pan over a medium–high heat. Add your vegetable(s) and cook for 2 minutes. Next, add your flavour(s) and stir frequently to coat all the ingredients. Chop your green, add it to the pan and cook until wilted. Serve in a bowl. If you have an avocado, toasted seeds or even that leftover hummus it will go nicely as an addition. START WITH A GRAIN (CHOOSE 1) 250g quinoa, short-grain brown rice, white rice, jasmine rice or pearl barley + ADD A VEGETABLE (CHOOSE 1–2) broccoli, aubergine, cauliflower, mushroom, peppers, leeks + ADD FLAVOUR (CHOOSE AS MANY AS YOU LIKE) pickled ginger, roasted garlic, roasted red peppers, sautéed onions + ADD A RAW LEAFY GREEN (CHOOSE 1) spinach, shredded kale, Swiss chard, little gem, watercress, cabbage + TO SERVE (OPTIONAL) avocado 1 tbsp toasted seeds 2 tbsp leftover hummus DOUGH BOY PIZZA Pizza is – and has always been – one of the most important things in my life.

New York City Like a Local
by Dk Eyewitness

g Brunch Spots g Contents Google Map HOTEL CHANTELLE Map 2; 92 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side; ///basket.length.hurry; www.hotelchantelle.com Stylish professionals and young New Yorkers love to celebrate a birthday, promotion, or simply welcome the weekend with a boozy brunch at this fancy rooftop spot. A DJ spins every Saturday and Sunday as patrons order rounds of cocktails and eat their way through portions of chicken and waffles and avocado toast. Thanks to a retractable roof, brunch carries on rain or shine, so guests can enjoy the lively vibe whatever the weather. g Brunch Spots g Contents Google Map CHEZ MA TANTE Map 4; 90 Calyer Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn; ///debate.older.exam; www.chezmatantebk.com This classy outpost is famed for its lemony, thick, ultra-rich pancakes, covered in a layer of char (burnt edges), drenched in maple syrup, and topped with a square of butter.

Portland Like a Local
by DK

g Brunch Spots g Contents Google Map BRODER CAFÉ Map 3; 2508 SE Clinton Street, Hosford-Abernethy; ///risen.plant.ample; www.broderpdx.com This place helped kick off Portland’s brunch craze back in 2007 – but it wasn’t for serving your basic “avo on toast.” Nope, it was Broder’s minimalist take on Scandi classics that won them loyal legions of fans. Come here for open-faced gravlax sandwiches, egg-topped lefse (Norwegian potato crepes), and Swedish meatballs with lingonberry jam. After this, you’ll never order avocado toast again. » Don’t leave without trying the aebleskiver. Many Portlanders admit to being a little addicted to these spherical little Danish pancakes, served with yummy lingonberry jam and powdered sugar. g Brunch Spots g Contents Google Map TIN SHED Map 4; 1438 NE Alberta Street, Alberta Arts District; ///civic.ripe.blocks; www.tinshedgardencafe.com Dog owners on weekend walkies head straight for Tin Shed – often because their pups drag them there.

Dublin Like a Local
by Dk Eyewitness

g Brunch Spots g Contents Google Map THE FUMBALLY Map 4; 8 Fumbally Lane, Liberties; ///banana.encounter.surely; www.thefumbally.ie Head here during the week and you’ll find many a freelancer typing furiously on one of the huge communal tables. But at the weekend, it’s all about boisterous catch-ups with groups of friends, who order plates laden with falafel, pulled porchetta and, of course, avocado toast. The homemade fermented sodas are as delicious as they are wholesome (with the addition of being a great hangover cure). g Brunch Spots g Contents Google Map THE CAKE CAFÉ Map 4; 8 Pleasants Place, Portobello; ///trio.formal.whips; www.thecakecafe.ie Tucked behind the Last Bookshop, this cosy oasis is the favourite haunt of Sunday brunchers making their lazy way down Camden Street.

Austin Like a Local
by DK

g Contents EAT Breakfast and Brunch Beloved Bakeries Light Bites Comfort Food Taco Trucks Special Occasion Take a Tour: A day on the taco trail in East Austin g EAT g Contents Breakfast and Brunch Brunch – the classic all-American meal – is given a Tex-Mex spin in Austin. And for every order of avocado toast, there’s another for tacos (we’re talking tortillas stuffed with eggs, meat, and cheese). g EAT g Contents Breakfast and Brunch EL PRIMO BIRD BIRD BISCUIT TAMALE HOUSE EAST JOE’S BAKERY GRANNY’S TACOS HILLSIDE FARMACY LAUNDERETTE g Breakfast and Brunch g Contents Google Map EL PRIMO Map 5; 2011 South 1st Street, Bouldin Creek; ///horizons.submits.canines; www.elprimoatx.com This rough-and-ready food truck might not look like much but trust us (and the inevitable line of hungry patrons), it serves up some of the city’s tastiest breakfast tacos.

No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
by Sarah Frier
Published 13 Apr 2020

Barnieh watched new cafes all around the world adopt aesthetics that were popular on Instagram. They would hang bare Edison bulbs, buy succulent planters, make their spaces brighter, fill the walls with greenery or mirrors, and advertise items that were more eye-catching, like colorful fruit juices or avocado toast. In their quest to look modern, he thought they all ended up looking the same, the way airports and corporate offices all look the same. The public was coming to a consensus about what kinds of designs were Instagrammable. Barnieh became more appreciative of his 2013 photos, which now felt like they captured a history before Instagram—and the look Instagram had made popular—was mainstream.

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The launch event was meant to celebrate the photographable, filmable moments and products that had become popular on the app. Staff handed out cruffins (croissants shaped like muffins) with raspberry cream filling to press and influencers waiting in line to enter. Once guests walked up the painted steps, a wide range of fancy, colorful foods awaited them, from avocado toast to açai bowls guests could top with fresh berries and coconut. Nearby, a barista made matcha lattes, with many areas throughout designed for selfie-taking. Instagram was putting on a show to build hype for the product and make the event itself Instagrammable. Lele Pons, the former Vine star who now had 25 million followers on Instagram, was there.

Modern South Asian Kitchen
by Gidda, Sabrina;
Published 11 Jan 2023

Keep the mix fairly coarse and allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container. 3 If you feel like seasoning up or adding more spice – now is the time. EATING Sprinkle into salads, on soups, roasted potatoes, vegetables or with breads that have been dipped into oil. Throw over avocado toast or scrambled eggs too. tempered spice slaw This salad is about as easy as it gets. You can do the prep up to two days before you need it and it tastes amazing two days later – I mean, what else is needed? I don’t like heavy, mayonnaise-laden slaws but I do love the crunch of fresh veggies simply dressed with citrus.

The Passenger
by AA.VV.
Published 23 May 2022

She is the godmother of the gender theory that drives the conservative media across the world nuts, convinced as they are that the “dictatorship of the politically correct” is upon us, while the truth is that in France or Italy importing intersectionality and the precepts of everything PC is proving much harder than introducing avocado toast and the iPhone. In those countries public debate is fierce, traditional and colourful; you hear all kinds of insults, both in parliament and the newspapers. Black female MPs are sometimes referred to by the kinds of epithets that would never be heard these days in public life in the USA, and no one is ever sanctioned for it.

Minimal: How to Simplify Your Life and Live Sustainably
by Madeleine Olivia
Published 9 Jan 2020

Even plant-based foods aren’t free from unethical supply chains. For example, many workers in the cashew industry, earning as little as £1.70 to £2.15 a day, suffer with debilitating burns to their hands as they aren’t provided with gloves to protect them from the harmful liquid that comes out of cashews.51 Our obsession with avocado toast also comes at a cost. Much of the production of the fruit in Mexico is controlled by drug cartels, where farmers are forced to give up a percentage of their income, risking their lives if they don’t.52 Overfishing, pollution of our waters, ocean acidification, coral bleaching and oceanwide migration of fish due to climate change are all greatly affecting communities around the world who rely on seafood as a main source of food.

Lonely Planet Best of Hawaii
by Lonely Planet

Mahina & Sun’sAmerican$$ (MAP GOOGLE MAP; %808-924-5810; http://surfjack.com/eat-shop/; 412 Lewers St, Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club; mains $12-32; h6:30am-10pm Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat) S Overlooking the stylish pool at the Surfjack Hotel, this open-air bistro has a well-imagined casual and comfortable menu of classics, such as burgers, salads, pizza and seafood (which is carefully sourced to be sustainable). Most ingredients are organic. Enjoy drinks until late from the creative bar. Up early? Try the banana bread or the avocado toast at breakfast. Tonkatsu Ginza BairinJapanese$$ (MAP GOOGLE MAP; %808-926-8082; www.pj-partners.com/bairin/; 255 Beach Walk; mains $18-24; h11am-9:30pm Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat) Why go to Tokyo for perfect pork tonkatsu when you can enjoy the lightly breaded bits of deep-fried pork goodness right here in Waikiki?

Everything's Trash, but It's Okay
by Phoebe Robinson
Published 15 Oct 2018

Meaning you, me, your parents, the local nun, J. R. R. Tolkien, Selena (both Quintanilla-Pérez and Gomez), Langston Hughes, your auntie, all your cousins (but you already knew that tho), the entire bobsled team from Cool Runnings, the lunch waitstaff at Mae Mae Café who told me after I asked for the egg on my avocado toast to be scrambled instead of fried that they can only scramble eggs in the morning (so ig), Galileo Galilei, your boyfriend or girlfriend/husband or wife/side pieces obvs, manufacturers who make it impossible to open scissors packages unless you already own a pair of scissors, Lucy Liu, the movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet―and Why We're Following
by Gabrielle Bluestone
Published 5 Apr 2021

And it’s the same anxiety the influencers who weren’t included in the marketing felt when they started posting the orange tiles unbidden on their own feeds so that people wouldn’t think they were out of the loop. It was, in fact, specifically the kinds of kids who line up to buy Supreme that the festival was targeting with their marketing, at least according to them. “I’m twenty-eight, and I lived in Manhattan in Chinatown on Canal Street. I do my $7-coffee bullshit, eat avocado toast, I have a design job—that’s a bull’s-eye millennial,” said Oren Aks, the former FuckJerry designer who tried to take credit for the orange-tile idea, in an interview with AIGA Eye on Design.185 “I had to cater to a different generation of rich—not just the type of people who show up in a limousine and smoke cigars on the beach.

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
by Noa Tishby
Published 5 Apr 2021

It also suddenly makes sense that when DC Comics were searching the planet to find the cinematic embodiment of Wonder Woman, they choose an Israeli Amazon, the one and only Gal Gadot.2 Despite the fact that the kibbutzim were all about hippie-dippy communal living, they understood that they were but little islands in a capitalistic society. Their ethos survived, however, and it is now happily making a comeback. Equality, sustainability, community, love, and rock ’n’ roll way before Woodstock or avocado toast. BABY NOA AT THE BANKS OF THE SEA OF GALILEE It gets super-hot in the Jordan Valley in August. It’s a very different kind of hot. Not humid like Tallahassee or dry like Los Angeles. It’s a heavy, thick heat that sticks to your skin like a spray-on glue, adding a thin film of oil to it. An adult might find this heat sensual and sexy, but as a child that heat meant summer was here and freedom was near.

Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
by Peter Robison
Published 29 Nov 2021

From 1981 to 1983, he calculated, buybacks consumed only 4 percent of net income for the largest U.S. companies. By 1996, it was 27 percent; by 2006, 46 percent; and by 2016, 50 percent. Two generations later, in any prosperous American city, the unequal effects are plain—Teslas, luxury high-rises, avocado toast. And tents. * * * — McNerney’s rise at GE paralleled the Reagan revolution, as he ascended through stops including lighting, electrical distribution, and GE Capital. In his first job at GE Information Services in Rockville, Maryland, in the early 1980s, the junior executive crossed paths with Dave Calhoun, then a company auditor.

Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
by Andy Greenberg
Published 15 Nov 2022

CHAPTER 19 A Hole in the Vault The day after Michael Gronager met with Gambaryan and Haun, he was back at work at a café on Montgomery Street in San Francisco’s financial district, a loftlike space that he used as a makeshift office. He liked the spot: how you paid a few dollars an hour for a work space and could order coffee and avocado toast from the iPad at each table. Gronager still had no clue that his friendly conversation at the Justice Department just across the neighborhood had helped the IRS to finally pin down a thieving Secret Service agent. Whenever he had a stretch of time between the meetings where he was pitching his blockchain analysis application, Gronager would return to the café and to his work as that tool’s first power user, trying to leverage it to solve the Mt.

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America
by Alec MacGillis
Published 16 Mar 2021

The schools in Montgomery County, the well-off Maryland suburb, were so overcrowded that officials imposed a building moratorium in several school zones; in search of more affordable homes, 44 percent of the county government’s employees lived in other counties. Families desperate for homes in the county were paying $1 million for condo units in former suburban office parks. In the District, the growth was transforming areas like the blocks around the Washington Navy Yard, where a new Whole Foods offered self-serve wine and build-your-own avocado toast, and where Young Republicans hosted parties to watch Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech at a Mexican restaurant. The Washington Post Magazine’s annual luxury issue ran news items on $18,300 watches, $50,000 sables, and Rolls-Royces, and ads for plastic surgery and private-jet carriers. Restaurant prices crept ever upward—the tasting menu at Pineapple & Pearls jumped to $325; the glass of champagne suggested by the sommelier at Plume cost $75.

Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg
by Lonely Planet

o MOKVEGETARIAN€ (map Google map; %02-513 57 87; www.mokcoffee.be; Rue Antoine Dansaert 196; mains €10-20; h8.30am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun; v; mComte de Flandre) MOK serves some of the capital’s best coffee and offers a wide range of vegan-inspired recipes prepared by Josefien Smets – think crispy tofu and pickled cucumber sandwiches or the legendary avocado toast. A big picture window looks out onto Rue Dansaert. Le Cercle des VoyageursBRASSERIE€€ (map Google map; %02-514 39 49; www.lecercledesvoyageurs.com; Rue des Grands Carmes 18; mains €15-21; h11am-midnight; W; jBourse, Anneessens) Delightful bistro featuring globes, an antique-map ceiling and a travel library.

Fodor's Essential Belgium
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Published 23 Aug 2022

Coffee and Quick Bites Murni Zuid $ | INTERNATIONAL | Directly opposite the KMSKA fine arts museum, this place is open from early until late and will satisfy your needs whether you’re after breakfast pancakes or a chicken burger dinner. The pan-global menu, with dishes inspired from every continent, leans toward—but is far from exclusively—plant-based and healthy. Known for: plentiful options for both vegans and vegetarians; “build-your-own” avocado toasts with various toppings; healthy, fresh produce. DAverage main: €8 ELeopold de Waelplaats 10, South of the Center P03/246–6067 wwww.murni.be CClosed Wed. and Thurs. h Hotels HAugust $$$ | HOTEL | Set within the complex of a former military hospital, this stylish design hotel has been ingeniously built into an old Augustinian convent, its lounge and bar area occupying the beautiful old chapel.

The Rough Guide to Paris
by Rough Guides
Published 1 May 2023

Tourist office 8 rue de la Poissonnerie, five minutes’ walk from the train station near the cathedral (02 37 18 26 26, http://chartres-tourisme.com). Eating see map page 239 Café Bleu 1 Cloître Notre-Dame, http://cafebleu-chartres.com. This buzzy, friendly contemporary bistro has a perfect spot right opposite the cathedral, and it doesn’t waste it, with a creative range of dishes from croque-monsieur and avocado toast to sea bass with yuzu butter or Châteaubriand with Keralan green pepper. Two-course lunchtime formule (Mon–Sat) €. € Giverny Claude Monet considered the gardens at Giverny to be his greatest masterpiece. They’re out in Normandy, 75km from Paris in the direction of Rouen, but are well worth the trip – though given their fame you certainly shouldn’t expect to be alone.

Lonely Planet Washington, Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
by Lonely Planet

The vibe is distinctly ‘spaceship LA,’ with mod couches and sleek lighting. Hit happy hour from 4pm to 6pm (or late night) for select drinks and appetizers. 6Northeast oProud MaryCAFE (map Google map; %503-208-3475; https://proudmarycoffee.com; 2012 NE Alberta St; h7am-4pm Mon-Fri, from 8am Sat & Sun) From the land of flat whites and avocado toast comes Proud Mary, the notable Melbourne-based coffee roaster that aptly chose Portland for their first US outpost. In addition to superb coffee, they sling delicious, Insta-worthy breakfast, brunch and lunch plates like vanilla and ricotta hotcakes, a smoked pork-belly satay sandwich and Aussie meat pies.

The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka
by Rough Guides
Published 21 Sep 2018

Also has a coffee shop and some smart rooms (from $70) in a block across the road. Daily 9am–11pm. Salty Swamis 542 Galle Rd, Wewala 077 832 6302, saltyswamis.com; map. Hipster café, gallery and surf shop, with in and outdoor seating, serving Hikka’s best coffee (Rs.400) made with local roasted beans, plus fresh juices (Rs. 500–800). For hungry surfers there’s avocado toast (Rs.960) yogi burgers (Rs. 1300) and the delicious swami bowl (Rs.1100) – veggies, tahini and red rice. Daily 8–4pm. Spaghetti & Co Galle Rd, Thiranagama 077 669 8114; map. Italian-owned and -managed place, occupying an attractive colonial-style villa and garden on the land side of the Galle Rd and dishing up a good range of well-prepared home-made pasta dishes and pizza cooked in a genuine wood-fired oven.

Lonely Planet Western Balkans
by Lonely Planet , Peter Dragicevich , Mark Baker , Stuart Butler , Anthony Ham , Jessica Lee , Vesna Maric , Kevin Raub and Brana Vladisavljevic
Published 1 Oct 2019

Central Ljubljana 1Top Sights 1Ljubljana CastleF5 1Sights 2Cathedral of St NicholasF3 3Central MarketF3 4City Museum of LjubljanaC7 5Cobblers’ BridgeD5 6Dragon BridgeG2 7Franciscan Church of the AnnunciationD2 8Funicular Lower StationG4 9Gornji TrgE7 10Hercules FountainE7 11Mestni TrgD5 12National & University LibraryC6 13Prešeren MonumentD3 14Prešernov TrgD3 15Robba FountainE4 16Škuc GalleryE7 17Stari TrgD6 18Town HallE4 19Triple BridgeD3 2Activities, Courses & Tours 20House of ExperimentsG1 Ljubljana Free Tour(see 14) 21Mala UlicaF1 4Sleeping 22Adora HotelF8 23Hotel GalleriaE7 24Vander Urbani ResortD4 5Eating 25Druga ViolinaE7 26Gostilna na GraduF5 27JulijaD6 28Monstera BistroC6 29Odprta KuhnaE3 30Pop’s PlaceD4 31StrelecF5 6Drinking & Nightlife 32Klub DaktariG4 33MagdaF3 34PritličjeE4 35Slovenska HišaD4 36Wine Bar ŠukljeD7 3Entertainment 37KrižankeC7 38Opera Ballet LjubljanaA1 39Slovenia Philharmonic HallC4 7Shopping 403 MuheD7 41KraševkaG3 42LinaE7 43Trgovina IKAF4 44Vinoteka MoviaE4 5Eating oEk BistroINTERNATIONAL€ (map Google map; %041 937 534; www.facebook.com/ekljubljana; Petkovškovo nabrežje 65; breakfasts €8-10; h8am-8pm Mon-Thu, to 9pm Fri & Sat, to 3pm Sun; Wv) Ljubljana’s top spot for brunch, meaning in this case big slices of avocado toast on homemade bread, bowls of muesli and yoghurt, and eggs Benedict on fresh-baked English muffins. Wash it down with a glass of freshly squeezed something or a flat white. The fresh-cut flowers on the tables look great against the distressed brick walls. Pop’s PlaceBURGERS€ (map Google map; %059 042 856; www.facebook.com/popsplaceburgerbar; Cankarjevo nabrežje 3; burgers €8-10; hnoon-midnight; W) Centrally located craft-beer and burger bar that’s evolved into a must-visit.

Wanderers: A Novel
by Chuck Wendig
Published 1 Jul 2019

The long motor lodge stood behind him, a decrepit artifact of a bygone era. The sun was just coming up over it, casting shafts of light and blobby motes into the image. As she took more photos, Arav faked being coy, trying to hide from the lens. In a droll voice he said, “Oh no, the paparazzi. I’m just trying to get my…non-fat macchiato and my avocado toast, but these paparazzi won’t stop following me around. Oh no, the life of a millennial celebrity such as me.” “Who are you supposed to be, Pete Corley?” she snarked at him, still snapping pics. Click, click, click. “I wish. I’d be rich.” “He’s not happy. Money didn’t fix whatever’s broken inside him.”

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
by Deborah Madison
Published 14 Aug 1997

SWEETS (IN ADDITION TO COFFEE CAKES, PANCAKES, AND MUFFINS) Cinnamon—Brown Sugar Rolls (Sticky Buns) · Rosemary-Lemon Bread · Little Lemon Biscuits Angel Biscuits · Fruit compotes · Crisps, cobblers, and fruit galettes · Nutmeg Pie · Brown Sugar-Yogurt Tart in a Nut Crust · Simple fruit desserts · Rhubarb Tart with Orange Custard · Stovetop Rice Pudding · Fresh Cream Cheese served with fruits. SAVORIES Fideos, A Mexican Dry Soup · Avocado Toasts · Cheese or vegetable soufflés, · Goat Cheese Flans Old-Fashioned Spoon Bread with Condiments · Strata and other bread puddings · Frittatas Roulades · Savory galettes · Olives · Sliced tomatoes and cucumbers · Vegetable salads · Watercress with Slivered Endive · Lacy Corn Cakes with Pepper Relish Breakfast Fruits For a weekday meal breakfast fruit, if it exists at all, probably consists of a banana or an apple grabbed on the run.

The Rough Guide to France (Travel Guide eBook)
by Rough Guides
Published 1 Aug 2019

Daily lunch specials, with a €17.90 formule or Simone de Beauvoir’s favourite goat’s cheese and smoked duck salad for €15. Mon–Thurs & Sun 10am–11pm, Fri & Sat 10am–midnight. Citizen Coffee 4 rue de l’Écureuil 02 35 71 49 42. Cool coffee house, with pavement tables on a pedestrianized central street, where along with fine coffee you can enjoy light food options including avocado toast for €11 and various salads, surrounded by local freelancers attempting to maintain their work/life balance. Mon–Fri 7.30am–7pm, Sat 9am–7pm. Crêperie la Régalière 12 rue Massacre 02 35 15 33 33. Quaint, inexpensive but good-quality crêperie, in a quiet but very picturesque backstreet just north of the Gros Horloge, that’s one of central Rouen’s best bargains, with a lunch menu at €9.50 and good-value deals later on.