How did that happen? Seems like I was just planting tomatoes and already the vines are cratering. Now that the calendar says it’s officially fall, I’m feeling guilty about all the summer recipes I never got around to making. In California, at least, it’s not too late. We still have tomatoes; we’re still grilling. Before you retire your grill for the winter, take a look at some of these fan-favorite (I’m the fan) shoulder-season recipes from my archives. I even have a marvelous use for those green tomatoes that you may be tempted to toss.
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My eggplant crop was a runaway success this year—not always the case—and frankly I’m getting a little tired of baba ghanoush. I’ve cooked eggplant with pasta every conceivable way and still I have eggplant. For Labor Day, when normal people were grilling burgers, we grilled eggplant. That’s when I was reminded how much I enjoy this pasta-free riff on cannelloni, which I developed for a Sur La Table cookbook several years ago. Eggplant and tomato are a proven love match; add ricotta and prosciutto to the mix and you hit it out of the park.
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