Oh those Nightshades...

I know, I know, I really should be doing real work, but I just want to say how wonderful the nightshade family of plants is. Tomatoes and eggplant are just two of the wonders of this family. I have been eating tomatoes like they are going out of style (and, in a way they are, as the memories of the dark months between November and June, during which I will eat no raw tomato, are still fresh in my mind. There is a part of my brain that wants to eat my weight in tomatoes each and every day while I can get them as good as I have been getting them).

Today I made an ensalata caprese with three varieties of organic heirloom tomatoes, mozzarella di bufala (from campagna), homegrown basil, sea salt, and extra virgin olive oil (I used the kalamata olive oil from Trader Joe's). Then, as if that weren't enough, I made the season's first batch of gazpacho.

Later this week I will make the third ratatouille of the summer.

Tomatoes are good. Very good. Indeed.