Quick Tip: How to Ripen Green Tomatoes
Though it's getting cold and blustery outside, we've still been seeing plenty of green tomatoes at the farmer's markets! If green tomatoes aren't your thing or you really have your heart set on one la...
Posts tagged “tomatoes”
Putting Up Tomatoes: An Encouragement
My friend Scott and I canned up a case of San Marzano tomatoes yesterday afternoon and it was a cinch! It only took a few hours, happily spent in Scott's lovely kitchen, to produce 18 pints of whole ...
In Praise of the Sun Gold Tomato
Our patio tomatoes are still going strong despite heavy hurricane downpours and chipmunk invasions. This year I planted my perennial favorite, Sun Gold, and two others: German Striped and a variety s...
Home Cooking: Slow-Roasting Tomatoes
Last year, we slow roasted a big batch of tomatoes that we froze and added to soups, casseroles and pasta dishes throughout the winter. This weekend, we're gearing up to do it again. Read on to find...
Look! Crazy All-Clad Tomato Slicer
Last weekend we went to our local farm's annual tomato tasting (yum, 52 varieties!) and at one table I spotted a volunteer slicing her batch with this crazy implement. Made by All-Clad, it has the ty...
Fresh Tomato Bloody Marys in the Los Angeles Times
Oh, we wish we'd seen these before the long weekend rather than after... ...
Quick Tip: Use a Bread Knife to Slice Tomatoes
We're not proponents of having a dozen knives hanging around your kitchen. You really need only a few essentials — a chef's knife and a small paring knife are two important ones, and many folks w...
Tip From Gourmet: Crush Tomatoes With a Box Grater
There's a great little video over at Gourmet's website. Food editor Ian Knauer turns fresh tomatoes into crushed tomatoes with one simple tool: a box grater. Perfect for adapting those recipes that ...
Quick Tip: Roasting Tomatoes Under the Broiler
A while back, we made a recipe for a fire-roasted salsa that called for broiling the tomatoes in the oven. At first skeptical, we were amazed at the smoky flavor the tomatoes picked up when cooked thi...
Blogging NPR: Tomato Farmer Tim Stark and Ugly Tomatoes
Listening to the NPR show All Things Considered last week, we were delighted to hear an interview with tomato farmer Tim Stark. In addition to sharing stories from his life and excerpts from his new b...
What Are You Planning with Your Summer Tomatoes?
Those of you in California are seeing tomatoes everywhere, but we East Coasters haven't quite hit the mother lode yet. Which means we sit around dreaming of exactly what we'll do with those vine-ripe ...
Look! Chubba Bubba Tomatoes
It’s full-on tomato season in California right now and we’re starting to see all sizes and colors of heirlooms and dry-farmed Early Girls in the markets. But never before have I seen the Chubba B...
Farmers' Market Report: Tomatoes
Los Angeles
After months of anticipation, we are finally approaching high tomato season at the Hollywood Farmers' Market! Tomatoes are one of those fruits we learned to appreciate on a whole new level once we sta...
Recipe Recommendation: Fried Green Tomatoes
I grew up in Florida and Georgia. Now I live in California, where some things related to Southern cooking are hard to find. Unripe green tomatoes for frying aren’t sold in the supermarkets; to obtai...
Recipe: The Perfect Tomato Salad
It's not really fair to suggest something so definitive as The Perfect Tomato Salad. When it comes to vegetables, especially, so much of perfect has to do with the vegetable itself. But I had perfec...
Salmonella in Chili Peppers, Chocolate Extinction, and Finding a Cure in Tomatoes
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Here we are with the weekly food news roundup. Read on ......
Recipe: Chilled Buttermilk Soup for Hot Summer Days
When summer’s heat arrives, it’s hard to to think of preparing, much as less eating, hot food. We want something cool, quick and refreshing. We also want to use the fresh bounty that starts fill...
Weekend Meditation: On Wildfires and Tomatoes
The wildfires raging in Big Sur and the Ventana Wilderness have me distracted this evening. Every day this past week, it’s been my job to call my friends at the top of a road leading into the wilde...
Seasonal Spotlight: Tomatoes Are Here In San Francisco!
At the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market last week, we saw tomatoes....
San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Ferry Plaza
We went to the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market on Saturday and summer is in full swing here in San Francisco. Berries, stone fruits, and tomatoes have arrived!...
C-Thru Cucumbers, Pig Farmers On Strike, and Contaminated Tomatoes
Top food news for June 2-6
Here we are with the weekly food news roundup. Farmers on strike, food recalls, and home canning - read all about it here!...
Good Idea: Hanging Tomato Planter
Yet another great idea for small-space gardening that we've found this week: the hanging tomato planter!...
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