All Aboard the Tomato Gravy Train

All Aboard the Tomato Gravy Train
In butter chicken, tomatoes surrender to the pan, combining with cream, butter, and a medley of spices and aromatics to make a rich gravy. Indian Food Images/Shutterstock
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What better way to say goodbye to summer than with a tomato? They’re still around where I live, but barely. Unless they become the victim of an early frost, the red orbs of August should hang on well into October. And I'll be clinging to those sweet and savory fruits as though they were summer itself.

Clusters of oversized cherry tomatoes in a sunset glaze are a greater sign of wealth than cut stones from the earth, because true wealth means the ability to consume freely, when appropriate. And now is the time to consume tomatoes, freely and with no guilt.

Ari LeVaux
Ari LeVaux
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Ari LeVaux writes about food in Missoula, Mont.
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