Don’t let soup myths deprive you of the best fall sustenance around.

August tomatoes quickly erase the memories of the hard, mealy, tasteless tomatoes we endure the rest of the year. Tomatoes ripened in the field burst with flavor and practically melt in your mouth.

In an infamous feature story in the Vineyard Gazette ten years ago, a summer resident from New York City bemoaned the lack of “good food” on the Island.