On MSNBC.com is a story on Pepsi’s new cucumber flavored soda. Pepsi Cucumber Ice hits stores this week in Japan. While I love to incorporate the brisk and refreshing cucumber into cocktails — I am not so sure about it in a sweet soda. But hey – Dr. Brown’s old school Celery Soda is pretty good with a hot pastrami sandwich. So maybe cuke soda could go well with some sushi to-go?
The Quintessential Symbol of Summer… Fresh Tomatoes
When a tomato is plucked perfectly ripe from the vine, you can stand in the yard and eat it just like a peach—with juice dribbling down your chin! I've always been crazy for tomatoes. In grade school, there was a kid in my class whose mom grew plum tomatoes and yellow...

