{"id":110,"date":"2008-07-17T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T15:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paletted.wwwmi3-ts8.a2hosted.com\/cuisine\/?p=110"},"modified":"2008-10-14T02:39:32","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T06:39:32","slug":"summer-in-the-kitchen-a-great-season-for-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/2008\/07\/17\/summer-in-the-kitchen-a-great-season-for-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer In The Kitchen: A Great Season for Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nolwrap\"><p>Summertime in Washington DC: an excellent time to get back in touch with fresh fruits and vegetables.\u00a0 Whether you live in the metro area or in the more rural suburbs, plentiful fresh produce is available in the markets and road side stands.\u00a0 Take the opportunity to peruse this fresh produce.\u00a0 <!--more-->Adding fresh ripe tomatoes, cucumber, broccoli and herbs to your dishes enhances not only the dishes&#8217; flavor but their presentation.\u00a0 Bright, fresh palette of color for the eyes along with enhanced flavors for the palate make the summer season brighter in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>At Palette Dome Cuisine, we continue our quest for creating fresh and creative foods for our customers.\u00a0 We are excited about the summer season as it brings so many of the flavors alive that we highlight in our cuisine.\u00a0\u00a0 We carefully select fresh produce, focusing on those items that are either grown by local growers or in an organic environment.\u00a0 We find that these items are the best and most aromatic when it comes to sauces, seasonings or the main inputs in our dishes.\u00a0 As you make your mark in the summer kitchen and by your BBQ, make sure to remember to stop by your local farmer&#8217;s market, your garden or your nearest supermarket selling organic produce.\u00a0 You will taste and enjoy the difference!\u00a0 A simple insalata caprese with ripe red tomato, soft buffalo mozzarella and freshly picked sweet basil garnished with fine extra virgin olive oil cannot taste any better than in summertime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/20080717_seasonal_dsc_0006_freshtomatoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/2008\/07\/17\/summer-in-the-kitchen-a-great-season-for-food\/20080717_seasonal_dsc_0006_freshtomatoes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/20080717_seasonal_dsc_0006_freshtomatoes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3872,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D80&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1203860393&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Summer Tomatoes\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Summer special: fresh tomatoes on the vine&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u00a9 Palette Dome Cuisine of JDHM, Inc.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/20080717_seasonal_dsc_0006_freshtomatoes-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-111\" style=\"margin: 10px; 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