Central among them are the facts that we have paradigms of color: lemons are yellow, skies (in Perth) are blue, tomatoes are red.
What's with the blue tomatoes?
How do these blue tomatoes do with disease resistance or pest resistance?
He paused during Tomatomania! in Encino last week to talk about what's new this year: a growing buzz for blue tomatoes, the most novel novelties among about 140 varieties of heirlooms and rare hybrids that he sells.
Fast-forward to the mid-1990s, when fine-dining restaurateurs updated the Cobb, a composed salad incorporating bacon, avocado, chicken breast, crumbled blue cheese, tomatoes, onions and a hard-boiled egg.
Or my cool ensemble of blue dungarees, tomato-red top and oversized cap.
I tried their "Burning Mac & Cheese" topped in a honey-sriracha glaze, alongside a portion of their "Blue Ribbon Tomato Soup".
MasterChef In the newest Mystery Box challenge, the top five cooks must prepare a dish with pear, blue cheese, tomato, portobello mushroom and chocolate.
We also raved about two salads: a huge, fresh Caesar and a generous Cobb, containing iceberg lettuce, chopped tomatoes, blue cheese, a hard-cooked egg and thick nubs of bacon, similar in taste to pancetta, in a vinaigrette dressing.
On a recent day, the heirloom beet salad with asparagus, blue cheese, Sun Gold tomatoes and baby spinach was light but satisfying ($10, plus $5 to add grilled shrimp; other choices like wild salmon and halibut are available at varying prices).
Made with Hanger One Chipotle Vodka, house-made spicy Bloody Mary mix, floated with Guinness and served in a glass mason jar with all the fixing (think: bacon, celery, cherry tomatoes, blue cheese, lemon wedges and a peppered rim), this Signature Bloody Mary is perfect for sipping mountainside under the Sierra sun--no banjos required.
