Photograph from GlennB on Flickr I'm in love with summertime melons. After a winter of Korean melon, there's the crisp bite of watermelon, honeydew so sweet it makes my teeth ache, and when I'm eating cantaloupe, I feel like I'm just consuming straight vitamin C. The thought of lugging these juicy vessels home from the market and up three flights of stairs in this heat is a bit demoralizing, so I generally depend on raiding the fridges of friends and family. (I'm the best, aren't I?) It's when I'm hunkered over a big bowl full of melon, with the juices running down my face that I think, I should really have more friends to eat melon with. There are...
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Photograph from Kanko* on Flickr Although David Lebovitz will fearlessly eat steak tartare and raw milk cheeses, he confesses that he has been washing melons in soap and water for a few years in light of past large-scale melon recalls. Do you also wash melons before you eat them?...
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Golden Jubilee tomatoes. The Hollywood Farmers' Market (at Ivar Avenue & Selma Avenue; map) looked like a gem show yesterday with hues of ruby, garnet, and citrine spilling across most farmers' tables. It's August and tomatoes are finally here, and their sweet, fruity, meaty perfume will spin you around like a child on a merry-go-round. Your mind surges with the possibilities: heirloom tomato tarts, gazpacho, caprese salads, tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and salt, tomatoes out of hand, tomatoes with ricotta and fresh herbs on crostini. Fortunately this bounty will continue unabated through September. According to produce guru Russ Parsons, "scientists who study flavor chemistry have identified more than four hundred compounds that go into the taste of a...
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Photograph from Oskay on Flickr Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories gives tips on how to make a Death Star melon. Stars Wars fans will never eat melon the same way again. Related Like a Star Wars Costume for Your Pizza The Most Awesome Ice Cube Tray Ever How to Make a Watermelon Keg...
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