Apio con Palta (Avocado Celery Salad) by Pilar Hernandez & Eileen Smith

Apio con Palta is fresh and bright and perfect as an accompaniment to stew or other soft foods, giving that crunch that is essential to every meal.

YIELD: Serves 4

In the United States, raw celery is often relegated to iterations of ants on a log (celery spread with cream cheese or peanut butter and raisins), as an accompaniment to carrots on a crudité plate, or standing tall in a Bloody Mary. Not so in Chile, where it grows incredibly well (to Gilligan’s Island–type proportions), and it is the back…