101.   Tomatoes were perhaps the biggest debacle.

102.   Tomatoes are especially delicate, and refrigerating them will not only dull their bright flavor, but give them a mushy texture as well.

103.   Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity.

104.   Tomatoes should be meaty and whole, not flabby and disintegrated.

105.   Tomatoes will never be better than they are from now until the first frost, so use them as much as possible.

106.   Unlike the parade of other foods researchers suspect might have anti-oxidant properties, the tomato is the real deal.

107.   Unlike broccoli, whose detractors include a former president of the United States, tomatoes are beloved by just about everyone.

108.   Unlike peaches, whose raw glory can barely be improved upon, tomatoes are all about potential.

109.   Unless the tomatoes are good, though, wait until summer.

110.   Using two forks, lift small batches of spaghetti until it is all coated with the oil-butter mixture and the tomatoes are well-distributed.