Her go-to bread for avocado toast is La Brea French Loaf sliced about 3/4-inch thick. “It’s the perfect size, thickness, shape and texture for avocado toast,” Hill said.

The California club sandwich is distinguished from a standard club by its layer of avocado. Like all clubs, the California version is typically constructed with three slices of toasted bread ...

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing 8 slices packaged thin white bread 2 Hass avocados Salt and cayenne pepper 4 ounces lump crabmeat, picked over 1 tablespoon chopped ...

Slice the avocado into approximately ¼-inch thick slices, spread them out onto the toast, then use a fork to gently mash the slices just enough that they adhere to the bread.

“The bread is as important as the avocado,” Meggan Hill, executive chef for the recipe site Culinary Hill, told HuffPost. “A super-soft slice, even when toasted, will be mashed under the pressure of ...