Love Affair With Tomatoes

I love tomatoes! I love them so much that no words could begin to describe my devotion to this berry. If you include a tomato in any recipe of yours, you will make me instantly happy, and consuming a tomato makes sometimes mundane moments into truly exciting (not to mention healthy) ones! I’ve also been called a tomato couple of times in my life, and even compared to a tomato. My dog’s full name is Bugs Tomato and when I do have my own car to drive, I’m most likely getting a RedRed vanity plan (not directly related to tomatoes, but a derivative for sure). I even toyed with the (future) idea of sending everything to hell, moving to Italy and keeping a small tomato farm and minding my own business.

When I was growing up, the cucumber & tomato salad has been a steady constant on our table. I’ve always developed a fondness for slicing tomatoes, sprinkling them with salt and pepper and enjoying them as a healthy snack. Caprese salad is a big hit with the Karin, so is home-made salsa, but not quite bruschetta. Grilled tomatoes on my vegetarian burgers are never a letdown and cute cherry and grape tomato varieties are a pleasure also.

So you can imagine my joy when I got to partake in La Tomatina (detailed post here) in Spain last year! I have also discovered Amy Goldman’s The Heirloom Tomato book and am considering getting it. She spent a lot of time researching, planting and growing various types of heirloom tomatoes, which then were photographed by the talented Victor Schrager. His light studies with tomatoes are absolutely stunning and provoke my saliva glads in those naughty tomato ways.

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