An Ode to the Food of Summer.

I just got off the phone with my friend where we talked about her upcoming schooling for holistic health, namely dietary holistic health. That conversation got us talking about the foods of summer and how food tastes enhanced in the summer when produce is at it's best. Food tastes better as the ingredients have been ripening under the summer sun, just offering to be picked. Tomatoes from my mothers garden almost taste like a they've been sprinkled with sugar and the smell of growing basil wafts through the warm air like wildflowers.



Possibly it's not just the ingredients though, maybe it's how you experience it. Food seems to taste better when grass tickles your toes. Food seems to taste better when you're at a table littered with garden flowers and votives. Meals taste better outside under the sun, in the fresh air, with the table cloth gently blowing in the wind. Dessert has never tasted so sweet as to experience it under the warm summer moon.







Summer food tastes better slightly burned over an open fire. Pretty much throw anything on a grill during July and it tastes delightful. If you have a grill; you're as superior as Gordon Ramsey or damn Bobby Flay.




Everything can/must be pared with a crisp summer salad and good bread. Lunch unexpectedly creeps up as the most important meal of the day. Smaller portions are welcomed because you find yourself savoring the food that your eating. Those pickled onions and micro greens would never cut it in January but in August they're sprinkles of joy.



I'll try to can you, freeze you, get my full fill to last me the winter. In my heart I just know it won't be the same. The smells will fade, the grass will get cover by ice and your vibrant colors will fade along with your leaves. I love you foods of summer and soon enough, I'll miss you crazily.