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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Watermelon Diaries
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WATERMELON ROCKS
Photo: Bob Fila/MCT
To heck with soft shell crabs and fiddle head ferns. The first of June marks the (un)official advent of watermelon season for me.
My coworkers are convinced that I subsist on nothing more than watermelon and chocolate (except for when dining out) and for the most part, they aren’t wrong. Every day I head for Michael’s, a lunch spot across the street from the AJC’s building downtown, for my daily dose of of the fleshy pink stuff.
At Beleza this past Saturday, chef Ken Bouche served buttery tuna ahi on skewers with a cube of incredibly ripe watermelon and habanero chili oil. It was like a sweet firecracker went off in my mouth. I’m also starting to see the fruit dressed with goat cheese or made into sorbet. I plan to gorge on it until the season ends in September.
Do you have a favorite way to eat watermelon? Is there a favorite watermelon dish you like? Or do you just like it sliced and diced?
Coming Wednesday: My five fave picks for the best fries in Atlanta.
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