Why the French Eat Melon Before the Meal

Today's Tip

Melon with a slice of jambon cru opens a summer lunch in the south of France. It is not a dessert and never appears at the end. Sweet and salt together wake the appetite instead of closing it.

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Serve half a chilled melon with two slices of dry-cured ham as a first course this weekend. No dressing, no mint, no complications. Salt on the melon if it needs it.

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