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Wooden crates filled with just-received fresh produce—yellow heirloom tomatoes, shiny violet eggplants, leafy “chou” kale—are stacked on top of each other like Jenga pieces, making the passageway between the dining room and kitchen (not to mention the closet-size bathroom) a tad tight. What Omar isn’t using generally remains there in boxes, acting as decor. Bottles of natural wine are lined up along a plant-scattered shelf against the white, exposed brick wall. Edison bulbs hang over the wooden tables for two.

Bar Saracen, CBD: Cheese mamool, fig and sesame jam Nick Connellan, publications director If you’re not familiar with ma’amoul (or mamool, as it’s spelled on the menu here), book a table at Bar Saracen right away. These filled, shortbread-like pastries are popular across the Middle East, but Saracen’s version reminds me of a really, really good English scone. In place of cream and strawberry jam, there’s a mix of goat’s cheese and kasseri (a hard cheese made from sheep and goat’s milk), paired with fig and sesame jam. Each bite of luscious dairy and dough is tempered by the figs’ gentle sweetness and acidity.

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“ ‘You better be careful, Johnny,’ ” flower farmer Louie Figone said he warned Muller recently. “They can’t borrow it from the bank. He’s going to have to borrow from these industry people, and those people don’t mess around.”

Is the water hot because of what LeBron quoted? Or also because LeBron, who also has 41.8 million followers at his @KingJames Twitter handle, is the most influential athlete in all of sports — one whose messages resonate in far bigger arenas than the ones he dominates for his day job? On and off the court, LeBron makes international news. He’s been an economic and cultural force since he was in high school. Today, he’s a cultural and political gatekeeper — at icon status. When posting, he speaks to more than a hundred million people (he has platforms beyond Twitter and IG), and James lives a version of The Truman Show. But, despite Avenger-like feats on the court, even this deep into a career, he is still human.

Holidays are prime time to ride the wave of truffle season, as every chef in Aspen has a hookup. “We’ll make it rain truffles on anything,” confirms Casa Tua Aspen front-of-house manager Andrea Testa, adding that last year’s effort totaled more than 5 pounds. The chic Italian restaurant is blowing out New Year’s Eve with a baller white-truffle-topped tasting menu—including on mille-feuille dessert. 403 S. Galena St., 970-920-7277, casatualifestyle.com

"… the eggs in the flowers develop with two sets of chromosomes (2n), instead of one. When the eggs are pollinated, they create triploid cells … These cells are capable of maturing into fruit, but the seeds in that fruit are not genetically viable – so they can’t be fertilized and develop the hard, black [seed coat]."

Cheers rose from a small crowd when the behemoth tipped the industrial-grade scales to 2,017.5 pounds at a weigh-off in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Capitano, Carlton: Chittara, clam sauce; or conchiglie, vodka sauce Hilary McNevin, contributor It’s a tie between the chittara (similar to spaghetti) with clam sauce and the conchiglie (shell pasta) with vodka sauce at Capitano. The salty-sweet molluscs in the clam dish work so well with the taut pasta. It’s right up my alley. And if my teenagers leave any venue asking when they can return for a particular dish – in this case, the conchiglie – I’m all in.

Cut watermelon into four sections. Use a peeler or a pairing knife to carefully remove the green skin. Then, remove the pink flesh, setting about three cups of the fruit aside to make the watermelon juice. (Save the rest to snack on later!)

With only a few weeks remaining until the official start to fall, get out there and embrace summer, from rind to seed, before it’s too late.