CELEBRATING M c KINNEY

Sheriff Rick Ramsay presents Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Kathy McKinney with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Lifetime Achievement Award for her service to the community and her valued assistance to the agency. Lt. McKinney will retire on May 1, 2023, with more than 40 years of service.

ton chips. The tuna tastes so buttery and fresh that it literally melts with the avocado as you go to devour it.

“FHP Lt. Kathy McKinney has played an integral role in my team philosophy when it comes to law enforcement in the Florida Keys,” said Ramsay. “I wish her well in her retirement as she exemplifies professionalism and what it means to be a team player.”

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SAMANTHA DELLILO is a Keys native who has a passion for all things food. She runs the local food blog, “Florida Keys Eats.”

This is a shareable, hands-on appetizer, so make sure you’re close with those at the table. When it arrives, you take your spoon and scoop the avocado and all its overflowing riches of yumminess out. Then give it a little chop, a quick mix with the sticky rice and start battling those you’re sharing with to get some on to the wonton chips first. I will warn you this app has a light kick in spice. Personally, I love it. It’s just enough to make you feel alive.

The Upper Keys has a handful of classic go-tos at various restaurants that we know and love, and this is one of them. I recommend the stuffed avocado any time friends or family are in town. This won’t be the last you’ll read about Kaiyo; I have many favorites there. But this specific dish by far is the best. It would be No. 2 if Kaiyo would bring back their alligator lighthouse style fresh catch. I’m speaking for all of us who loved it, I’m talking to you Kaiyo!