4 chilled avocado soup crab Recipes

avocados, cut into chunks, chicken or vegetable broth, fresh lemon or lime juice, fresh cilantro leaves, ground cumin, salt, cayenne pepper, crab -and-mango garnish

garlic cloves, unpeeled, scallions, white and tender green parts only (medium in size), jalapeno, seeded and quartered lengthwise, vegetable oil, hass avocadoes, halved and pitted, chopped cilantro leaf, fresh lime juice, salt & freshly ground black pepper, guacamole, cold buttermilk, bottled clam juice or pw-sodium chicken broth, ice water, fresh lime juice, salt and pepper, jumbo lump crab meat, creme fraiche, fried corn tortilla strips, chopped chives, for garnish

butter, leeks (white and pale green parts only), halved lengthwise, thickly sliced (about 3 cups), asparagus, ends trimmed, spears coarsely chopped, chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth, chopped spinach leaves (about 3 1/2 oz), flaked fresh crabmeat, fresh lemon juice, minced shallot, diced peeled pitted avocado, good-quality black caviar (such as osetra)