National Guacamole Day

An Aztec sauce so good it outlived an empire, avocado and all.

National Guacamole Day celebrates the creamy avocado dip with roots stretching back to the Aztecs of central Mexico. The name descends from an old Nahuatl word combining the terms for avocado and sauce, and the dish still relies on the same humble base of mashed avocado brightened with lime and salt