Tastes: IN THE KITCHEN with Sam Gugino: Beyond Guacamole

Sam Gugino
Issue: May 31, 2007

"Alligator pear" probably wouldn't make it through a focus group today as the name for this fruit. Nor would ahuacatl , Aztec for "testicle," for more obvious reasons. Thank goodness somebody came up with "avocado.

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