Finding inspiration

Inspiration for the foods I prepare everyday can come from so many places: The produce at the farmers market or grocery store… The things in my pantry that look particularly beautiful (or conversely, “have to go”)... A dish on a restaurant menu... Ideas culled from an afternoon spent thumbing through old cookbooks and food magazines… Images seen while idly scrolling on Instagram… Food and taste memory…. Most of the time it’s a combination of several of these things—with what I happen to have on hand almost always being part of the equation.

This summer a constant on my kitchen counter has been a pile of vine ripened and cherry tomatoes. This is always the case during the summer months, but this year I seem to have an extra abundance—from over-buying on my part (they are hard to pass up when they are beautiful) and from the generosity of friends with bountiful gardens. As a consequence every recipe this month includes tomatoes (I hope your counters are similarly full!).

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