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End of the Avocado: Why Chefs Are Ditching the Unsustainable Fruit Give peas a chance—as well as pistachios, fava beans, and pumpkin seed paste. These are just some of the ingredients being used to replace one of the world’s most popular fruits.Lastra says: “We were looking not to recreate, but to produce a similar sensorial experience. What does an avocado mean in terms of sight, texture, aroma and flavour? And how do we paint that with the tools we have?”
On the one hand, they are deliciously creamy, versatile and gloriously Instagrammable. On the other, they have an enormous carbon footprint for a fruit, require up to 320 litres of water each to grow and “are in such global demand they are becoming unaffordable for people indigenous to the areas they are grown in”, according to Thomasina Miers, the co-founder of the Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca. For some time, the chef has struggled to balance the devastating environmental impact of avocado production with her customers’ appetite for guacamole. Now, she thinks she has found the answer: a vibrant, green guacamole-inspired dip, made from fava beans, green chilli, lime and coriander.
What is the Private Messenger & how do I send/read a Private Message?
What is the Private Messenger? The Private Messenger (sometimes referred to as "Direct Messages") enables you to send private notes to other community members. Private Messenger has two big advantages over email: You don't have to know the other member's email address to send the note. (Also, you don't have to reveal yours.) You can read and send private messages without leaving the community, making it easy to a quick conversation with another community member. To use the Private Messenger, you must be registered and signed in. You'll see a Private Message icon at the top of your page. If you have any new messages, you'll see the number of unread messages next to the envelope icon. Click the message count or envelope icon to go to your Private Messages Inbox. How do I read a Private Message? Sign in to the community. If you have any new messages, you'll see the number of unread messages next to the envelope icon. Click the message count or envelope icon to go to your Private Messages Inbox. To read a message, click the message subject. To reply to a message, click Reply. Type the reply into the box below and click Reply. How do I send a new Private Message? Sign in to the community. Click the message count or envelope icon to go to your Private Messages Inbox. Click Compose New Message (this may be an icon of a pencil in a box) Enter the recipient's name in the Send to area. Note: Depending on your role in the community, you might be able to send a message to a group of users based on their role or rank in the community. If so, you can choose a role or a rank. Enter the subject for the message in the Message Subject area. Type the reply in the Message Body editor. Click Send Message.What is a Label and how do I add one?
What are labels? Labels are used within a community to help categorize articles in a variety of discussion styles; forums, blogs, ideas, and TKBs. Labels enable you to categorize the content you write based on the themes or content in the article. For example, when creating a topic in a general support forum for troubleshooting, and you're having connectivity issues with your smart phone, you might apply labels like "Connection Issue" or "Phone" Labels are typically created by the Community Admin or Community Manager, and are typically controlled for consistency and need. Post authors must choose/apply labels from a pre-defined list when creating or editing the first post of a new forum topic, TKB article, idea, or blog post. Labels can only be added to the first post in a topic, blog, TKB, etc. How do I add a label to a post I've already made? Navigate to the post you authored. Open the post to edit it. In the Labels field, start typing the label or choose one from the list. If you add multiple labels, you must separate them with commas. Who can create labels? Typically, only administrators or permissioned members can create new labels or edit the label list. When the use of labels is enforced, members must apply a label when submitting posts. Labels can be optionally predefined, giving administrators complete control over exactly which labels are used in their community. Labels are applied at node (board) level, so different settings can be applied at different boards. One board might be mandatory with a predefined pool of labels, while another can be completely optional and enable users to create their own labels. How do I subscribe to a label? When you subscribe to a label, you will be notified by email when a new post is created with the label. To subscribe to a label: From a particular post with a label, click on the label to filter by that label. (You can also do this from the labels component.) Click Subscribe. Note:Your community users can configure their own subscription settings under My Settings > Subscriptions and Notifications > My Subscriptions and My Settings > Subscriptions and Notifications > Notification Settings. One thing to note about labels is that they are applied at node level. Thus, predefined labels and subscriptions to labels exist only at the node at which they are applied. For example, if you subscribe to a label named 'contest' at board 1, it will not automatically subscribe you to an identically named label at board 2. You will have to subscribe twice, once at each board. This also applies if you add a labels component to your page to display the most popular labels, these are also designed to work at node level.What are Kudos & how do I give Kudos?
What are Kudos? Kudos is a content rating system that lets you vote for the messages you think are the most useful or important. When you give kudos to a message, you are giving a thumbs-up for good content and a pat on the back to its author. Your kudos help to boost the value of certain messages and enhance the reputation of their authors. Giving kudos is as easy as a single click, but the impact of kudos ripples across the community. How do I give Kudos? You can give Kudos to any posts in the community except your own. To give kudos to a message and its author, click Kudos on the message. If you change your mind about the quality of the message, you can revoke your kudos. To revoke kudos you've given, click the Kudos button again. How can I see which messages or authors have received the most Kudos? There are usually two kudos leaderboards on the community's front page -- one for authors and another for messages. The author's leaderboard shows who has received the most kudos. The message leaderboard showcases the most kudoed messages. Links from the front-page leaderboards take you to the full leaderboard pages. To view the Top Kudoed Messages leaderboard, click view all from the front page module. To view the Top Kudoed Authors leaderboard, click view all from the front page module. Why can't I give Kudos to some messages? There are a few reasons why you might not be able to give Kudos to a post. You've already given Kudos to this message (you can only give them once). You wrote the message (you can't Kudo your own messages). Your community manager wants you to give Kudos only to a message that starts a thread and not to replies. Your community manager has turned Kudos off for a message or a forum. Your community manager has frozen Kudos for this message. You can still see how many Kudos the message has received, but you can't Kudo it any more.
