Guacamole stores, often available refrigerated, frozen or in high pressure packaging which pasteurizes and extends shelf life if products are maintained at . National Guacamole Day is celebrated on the same day as Mexican Independence Day, September 16. On September 3, 2017, 815 gastronomy students set the world record in Concepción de Buenos Aires, Jalisco, Mexico for the largest serving of guacamole, which weighed . On April 6, 2018, Junta Local de Sanidad Vegetal de Tancítaro, Mexico, achieved the Guinness World Records for the largest serving of guacamole. They created it as part of Tancítaro's 7th Annual Avocado Festival in Tancítaro,
The Bacon Cookbook way". The "Winston-Salem Journal" observed, "His history of bacon, short and to the point, should be required reading for bacon lovers." "The Baltimore Sun" highlighted the book in an article "Gifts to savor", commenting that "James Villas covers everything about this trendy ingredient". Marialisa Calta of "The Douglas Daily Dispatch" wrote, "in the unusual-but-oddly-compelling-single-subject-cookbook category, props go to “The Bacon Cookbook” by James Villas". Writing for the "Star Tribune", Lee Svitak Dean recommended the book as a holiday gift for cooks, commenting, "It's all here, from guacamole and bacon canapés to New England apple and bacon griddlecakes and German fennel