Last night, Bostonist attended the sold-out Slow Food produce tasting we plugged last week, which allowed us to try several rare strains of tomato, pear, watermelon, and apricot (all are in season) that Slow Food is helping to preserve through their ARK of Taste project, which aims to promote biodiversity and track tasty food products for future generations. So what did we learn? That it's possible for tomatoes to taste as distinct and complex as......

--Beware of the bears in Worcester. A 108-pound bear was found up in a tree yesterday. It was as probably as scared of animal control as animal control was of him. [Boston Globe] --Speaking of animals on the loose, watch out for Black Angus cows roaming through Groton. [WCVB] --Don't eat the tomatoes. And if you're wondering where the "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" joke is, Fox 25 beat us to it. [Boston Globe,......