It’s completely un-PC, ungentlemanly and unladylike to use the term โ€œhot tomatoโ€ to refer to an attractive female, but we can all see how the metaphorical phrase originated and it has nothing to do with the mass-produced, pink and stiff fruit sold all year long in grocery stores. If you don’t remember vividly how completely a ripe, red, never-seen-a-fridge tomato engages your senses, Wasatch Community GardensTomato Days Dine-Around will remind you.

A group of great local restaurants (3 Cups, Avenues Bistro on Third, Eva Restaurant, Even Stevens, Les Madeleines, Meditrina, Roots Cafe and Tin Angel Cafe) will be serving special, tomato-centric dishes for ten daysโ€”August 15โ€”September 15) with a portion of the proceeds going to Wasatch Community Gardens.

Yes, finally, it’s tomato season in Utah.

WCG’s Grateful Tomato Garden (800 S. 600 East) celebrates by inviting everyone to a free feast of heirloom tomato and pesto sandwiches on Saturday, September 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. They claim they’re saying โ€œthanksโ€ for community support with their Annual Tomato Sandwich Party. We’re the ones who should thank them, but our mouths are too full.

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