sun-dried

Make biscuits studded with sun-dried tomato and goat cheese, then crown them with slow-scrambled eggs.

Think: lentils and sun-dried tomatoes folded into dough, or blueberry-stuffed pierogi served with honeyed sour cream.

Where the flesh of a fresh summer tomato gives way easily — its smooth, taut skin snapping like a helium balloon to release a flood of sun-warmed juice — a sun-dried tomato resists.

For the spice enthusiast, Burlap & Barrel’s Chef’s Collection offers unique options like sun-dried tomato powder and ground black lime.

It started showing up by A-list name in the fancy foods lists of the 1990s, a contemporary of balsamic vinegar and sun-dried tomatoes.