"California Fresh Harvest," 2001.

Mary McCoy is furious over heirloom tomatoes in her latest Cooking With the Junior League post. The reason? They put supermarket tomatoes to shame.

She writes: "When I finished eating it, I was actually filled with rage.  Because it
was so good, and because the tomatoes I buy at the grocery store are so
awful and flavorless and taste like water with skin.  Even when they’re
ripe, even when they’re in season.  And I live in California… I should
be able to buy good tomatoes at the grocery store, but I can’t because
they’re not pretty and they don’t ship well." 

She also says: "When I told Brady about this week’s menu from the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay’s California Fresh Harvest — prosciutto-wrapped figs with goat cheese, mango and brie quesadillas, candied ginger peach shortcakes– he raised an eyebrow."

“That doesn’t sound like anything I ate when I was in Oakland.”

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