Salvador Dalí Was Eating Avocado Toast Way Before It Was Trendy From yoga moms to millennials, avocado toast has made a home within American culture. Most people seem to agree that the trend started to fill up our social media feeds about five years ago. But no one <br />of the modern age <br />can take credit for it. The truth is that the concept <br />of eating avocado on bread <br />is nothing new. In fact, it's been <br />around for over a century. Spanish artist Salvador Dalí included his own avocado toast recipe in his 1973 cookbook 'Les Diners de Gala.' Sure, his included almonds, <br />tequila and lamb brains, <br />- but you get the idea. Before Dali, one of the earliest examples of avocado toast was featured in the November 1885 issue <br />of San Francisco's 'Daily Alta California.' The article instructed to "Quarter them, and remove the pulp with a silver knife; spread it on slices of bread, and season with salt and pepper to taste." In 1927, the San Francisco Chronicle revealed a recipe calling for mashed avocado to be "spread thickly on toast or between two slices of thin bread." A 1931 column in the Los Angeles Times <br />spoke of ritzy women eating avocado toast during "delightful luncheons" <br />at the Clark Hotel.
