JOY ALONG THE WAY: THE COLORFUL KITCHENS OF AUGUST

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Sunday, August 13, 1995

August is the colorful time in the kitchen. Even if one doesn't can the abundant garden and orchard produce and place the gleaming glass jars on some open shelf to be admired, there is usually a little basket of yellow, pink-rouged peaches atop some table or counter. Red tomatoes are lined up on a windowsill to further ripen or fill a green glass dish for a centerpiece. Some prefer a table decoration of a purple satin eggplant surrounded by green and red peppers. I've even seen a wooden bowl of scrubbed red potatoes taking that honored place. They speak of simplicity and sturdiness.

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