It seems that no matter time of year that it is, we can usually find fresh tomatoes in our markets.

Thanks to our climate, it??s almost always warm in somewhere in Northern California. The only time that we can??t really find fresh tomatoes is around December to early February. It explains why the tomato sauce on our San Francisco Food Tour of North Beach\Little Italy tastes so good. Admittedly, when I was sitting down at dinner to fresh pasta and tomato sauce in North Beach, I was probably more focused on how good the food was than anything else. Also, since I am one those people who cannot imagine every having too many tomatoes, I am probably more than a little biased. On our San Francisco Food Tours, we??re always trying new things, but there are certain standbys, such as fresh pasta with fresh tomato sauce that seem to never go out of style. Add some fresh bread and a nice glass of wine and we??re all set. And, a side of butternut risotto doesn??t hurt at all. The good news is that we have a great time with food. The bad news is that we rarely want to leave the dinner table. I guess that it??s hard for us to complain about it, we would not get a lot of sympathy from anyone else.