Besides the food from the east coast, what I really miss are the reds in the fall. Here in New Mexico we get brilliant yellows, but the we don't have the deciduous trees which turn red. I miss oak and maple at this time of year. We do get a bit of red in some vines, and I can sometimes fool myself into thinking, "oh, that tree is a lovely red."
Being a guy, I can delude myself into a great many things...
This afternoon I found a slip of a vine on a trunk that was turning red. I'll try to post it here later.