I went on vacation just as my backyard romas and cherry golds were blushing from green to red, but it was hard to feel very sorry for myself considering I was headed to Italy, the land where tomatoes come in only one variety: extraordinary. I picked up most of mine on roadside produce markets in Sicily or from open-air market stands in Rome, still clinging to their perfumey vines and smelling like the sun. This photo was taken in the kitchen of our airbnb in Avola, a town just a few miles from Noto in Sicily and was the inspiration for an amataciana-ish pasta I made using prosciutto, parm, and a bag of busiate noodles that I bought at a market earlier in the day when I stopped in to ask where the closest
Pasta with Prosciutto & August Tomatoes
Pasta with Prosciutto & August Tomatoes
Pasta with Prosciutto & August Tomatoes
I went on vacation just as my backyard romas and cherry golds were blushing from green to red, but it was hard to feel very sorry for myself considering I was headed to Italy, the land where tomatoes come in only one variety: extraordinary. I picked up most of mine on roadside produce markets in Sicily or from open-air market stands in Rome, still clinging to their perfumey vines and smelling like the sun. This photo was taken in the kitchen of our airbnb in Avola, a town just a few miles from Noto in Sicily and was the inspiration for an amataciana-ish pasta I made using prosciutto, parm, and a bag of busiate noodles that I bought at a market earlier in the day when I stopped in to ask where the closest