HUNGRY GERALD

How to get Beautiful Sharon mad. Repeat the statement of Max Beerbohm, the English caricaturist, critic. essayist, novelist, wit and exquisite dandy: “Why do strawberries picked at dawn from a dew-kissed field never taste as good as those purchased from a greengrocer?” Belying her elegance, BS is a woman of the earth. She had her first garden at the age of 8. She remembers plucking a carrot from the earth, giving it a quick dusting and relishing it as a snack. A neighbor’s seckel pears were a treat. An expert tomato grower, BS scaled culinary heights when resident in New Jersey. Her home grown beefsteak Jersey tomatoes were paired with home grown basil, locavore mozzarella cheese and extra virgin Sicilian olive oil for the ultimate summer treat. BS has cultivated baby potatoes, heirloom lettuces and sweet radishes in a garden 9,000 feet up in the Rockies. She has successfully grown a multitude of herbs in the salt spray of Fire Island, Nantucket and Prince Edward Island.  Those herbs are still flourishing in New Mexico.  Fresh is her mantra. Home grown is her religion. Her family has reaped the meal time benefits.