…as Francis Mayes tells us from Under the Tuscan Sun. The true origin of the first sun-dried tomatoes is unknown, but we do know that the Italians dried tomatoes on their tile roofs in the summer to use in the winter months when fresh tomatoes weren’t available. Keeping up with their traditions of cooking bountiful feasts, the Italians came up with “the way to do it”. Fast forward to the eighties and nineties when sun dried tomatoes gained popularity in the United States. The