Our cover story this month celebrates the fabulous Sacramento tomato. Food/dining writer Marybeth Bizjak dug into the subject, gathering locals’ input on their favorite tomato dishes in local restaurants, asking chefs for insight (and recipes), and researching the history of the glorious red vegetable-like fruit and its connection with this region. Marybeth also interviewed Ray Yeung, whose farm supplies tomatoes to many area restaurants. Photographer Francisco Chavira worked his magic with a camera and the calendar. The chefs really stepped up, too, custom-creating the featured tomato dishes so they were fresh and gorgeous for the shoots. As beautiful as these dishes are, with tomatoes they were able to access early enough to meet our production schedule, the plates set before you at restaurants later this month and into August and September will be even more enticing.
