As unfortunate as it’s been that summer seemed to slumber up until the
past few weeks, that sudden burst of heat did wonders for tomatoes,
concentrating them and their peak season. If you, like Pablo Neruda,
care to celebrate that “the tomato offers / its gift / of fiery color /
and cool completeness,” you need to get to the four properties in the
Boutique Hotel Collection in SLO County for
“Ode to Tomatoes: A Culinary Happening.” Running from September
22-October 6, the event celebrates the wondrous fruit/vegetable in
almost 20 varieties, from green doctors to boxcar Willies, with
four-course, totally tomato-centric prix-fixe menus. Sure there’s a
gazpacho (a fine one at that), but then there’s something like a
pineapple tomato Napoleon with seared Texas toast, an over-easy egg,
white truffle vinaigrette, and a smattering of arugula (think of this as
the best McMuffin you’ll ever have). And there’s tomato dessert, too —
turns out the tomato’s very much a fruit, scrumptiously subbing for
apples in an upside-down green-tomato caramel pecan pie.
Want to read the rest then do so at the Indy's site.
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