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    James Folta
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    August 8, 2025, 2:09pm

    A cool August week here in New York, and I’ve been obsessing over tomatoes. Peak tomato season is the best, an ecstatic experience, and in my humble opinion a redeeming moment for summer, which is otherwise too hot and sweaty to really be enjoyable. Plus science just found out that tomatoes also gave us potatoes—is there anything they can’t do?

    There was other news this week, of course, and here you can catch up on a few stories with a few Venns. Have a nice weekend, and I’ll see you back here next Monday.

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