Essential ingredient
TOMATOES
While supplies last
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by KAITLYN GOALEN
LABOR DAY STARTS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN FOR MY BELEAGUERED tomato bed, each plant on the verge of crying uncle. So, this September I’m committing to the personal goal of eating as many tomatoes as possible while supplies last, from breakfast (egg and tomato scramble) to lunch (tomato salad with parmesan vinaigrette) and dinner (tomato pie). But the workhorse recipe that I’ll be turning to most this month isn’t even really a recipe, but a concept: two slices of white bread, slicked with mayonnaise, and stuffed with seasoned tomatoes. The tomato sandwich lives in an interesting intersection. It appeals to this age of
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photographs by JILLIAN CLARK