an ode to tomatoes for being the fruit that encapsulates the small bits shared over a meal with loved ones displaying a journey of becoming ripe satisfying enough to eat as an apple with a chameleons range of color and vibrance though often overlooked It is the fruit of stillness. The fruit of softness. The fruit of transformation. This collection that’s dropping 8/25 was directly inspired by the previous trip I took to Europe. I spent time admiring shards of building remains that was slowly tumbled into sea treasures, gushing over the warm hues in the mindfully built architecture, and belly laughing while buzzed from the love over a piece of bread with smeared tomato in Mallorca I named each piece after something special surrounding tomatoes. Tomatoes truly became more than just an ingredient. It’s a fruit. A fruit that means patience, love, and presence. A fruit that carries such a burst in flavor and simple meaning. If anything, a tomato is a simple representation for the most mundane, unacknowledged, and overlooked parts of life when contrarily they mean the most. The parts of life that hold softness past a meaty exterior. Another way to say I love you in the morning is to sip from a tomato cup. 🍅