the last of summer tomatoes


photograph by Anna Williams

The saddest thing about the end of summer is the thought that just in a few weeks, I will have to go back to eating mealy, tasteless tomatoes. There is nothing like biting into a warmed-by-the-sun tomato just picked from its vine. Not even salt is needed then.

Here is a good article on the health benefits of this luscious fruit, from Body+Soul.