Yes, it’s true, as odd as it may seem, up until this year, tomatoes were not a friend of mine. I was very picky with my consumption. Cooked were fine, roasted even better, but sliced and put on a sandwich– never! Wedges in a salad– no way! And a caprese salad– well you can forget about that too. But this year, it all changed for me, and it wasn’t that I had finally tasted the perfect, heirloom variety tomato. It was just a test of wills.
In January, that blustery, no-good month, I made a resolution, and this from the girl who never makes New Year’s resolutions. 2006 would be, amongst other things, the year of no more food taboos. Never again would I pick apart a sandwich, push a vegetable endlessly around my dinner plate, or ask a waiter or waitress for a substitution. Now I was not a horribly [...]
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