When fresh tomato season is over, California's smartest chefs, from Alice Waters to John Ash, simply remove fresh tomatoes from their menus. Yes, dear reader, you have. It doesn't take an Einstein to realize that something so perishable, that requires such a long, hot growing season, can't last. But Yankee ingenuity found a way to fake out Mother Nature by growing tomatoes all year long under artificial hothouse conditions. Consumers need to be educated.
Life's too short to waste time on mediocrity.
Tomato time is here and now. Eat all you can while they're fresh, and then freeze or can the rest. You can feel smug as you take those stewed tomatoes from your freezer in December and make a marinara worth remembering.