The season
Summer tomatoes
2026-09-22 · Adrian Stefan, Table d'Adrian
Summer
tomatoes
A summer tomato on this coast should smell like the vine before it is cut. If it does not, it is not ready, and no amount of dressing will fix it. I buy them ripe and I use them within a day.
The plate is simple. Salt, olive oil, and something cool next to the fruit: a slice of cheese, a few herbs from the maquis, a piece of bread that can take the juice. Courgettes and peppers belong in the same week, cooked quickly or not at all.
I do not refrigerate a tomato that is going to be eaten raw. The cold dulls it. Leave it on the counter, out of the sun, and cut it when the table is ready.