Entries tagged with 'tomatoes'
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What do you do with tomatoes that are a tad past their BLT or caprese salad prime? Ketchupify them. Nick Kindelsperger of The Paupered Chef, and our regular Dinner Tonight contributor, followed a recipe by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. "It's almost good enough to eat with a spoon."...
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©iStockphoto.com/tacojim In many parts of the States, we're headed into the last gasp of tomato season. It happens every year, as sure as the first fallen leaf and the first day of school--one week, the markets are overflowing with swollen red tomatoes, still smelling of the vine they grew on; and the next week, they're gone, and with them, the final days of summer. In the Northeast, this hasn't been the greatest tomato season. But no matter where you are, it's worth celebrating the best of the last crop. Recipes to make the most of your tomato haul, after the jump....
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[Reuters] The famous La Tomatina festival, a tradition held on the last Wednesday of every August since the mid-1940s, took place today in Bunol, Spain. The epic tomato-launching battle all starts with truckloads of rotten red tomatoes and people prepared in bathing suits and goggles. Catapulting, chucking, and all forms of splattering ensues until 100 tons of tomato guts covers the small town. Related Tomatoesareevil.com, Where Tomato Haters Unite How do YOU Make a Tomato Sandwich? [Talk] 'Oda al Tomate' by Pablo Neruda, an Ode to Tomatoes...
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Note: On Mondays, one of our various Market Scene correspondents checks in with what's fresh at farmstands, what's coming up, and what you better get while the gettin's good. This week, our Boston correspondent Penny Cherubino of BostonZest checks in. Photographs by Penny Cherubino Bostonians who live downtown, have more than 25 farmers' markets within easy walking or public transit distance. The City Hall Farmers' Market is one of the most convenient. It's located on the plaza outside Boston City Hall at the Government Center subway station. It's also close to many places that bring people into the heart of the city. Peaches were on my shopping list with a whole new use in mind. Neelam Batra, author of 1000...
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Tomato haters, unite: Tomatoesareevil.com is "dedicated to the belief that the humble tomato fruit is in fact EVIL." The website features a game where you can shoot tomatoes, facts that prove tomatoes' evil tendencies, tomato-free recipes, and more. I'm not a big fan of tomatoes (many friends have make fun of me for my distaste), but that only applies to raw, unadulterated tomatoes. When cooked or mixed with other ingredients, I'm generally fine with them. Tomatoesareevil.com is for the extreme tomato haters who think tomatoes are the spawn of Satan. Do any of you fit in this category? [via The Presurfer] Related: Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees...
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Photograph from Manjith Kainickara on Flickr It's Wednesday and that means it's time to round up all of your Weekend Cook and Tell recipes! Last week we asked you to take advantage of the beautiful bounty of summer tomatoes that are just now coming into season. Here are some of our favorite tomato-centric responses: Slow roasting tomatoes in the oven is a great way to concentrate their flavor and bring out extra sweetness. Take a look at tatianak's recipe over at Life in Cowtown. Mr guy went the cocktail route, using his tomatoes to make these bloody marys with fresh tomato juice. Tomatoes were the base for NotAmerican's simple summer sandwich along with some cucumber, salt, and pepper on...
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Per the New York Times, a fungus called the late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is threatening tomato crops and garden plants in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The spores of the fungus ... are often present in the soil, and small outbreaks are not uncommon in August and September. But the cool, wet weather in June and the aggressively infectious nature of the pathogen have combined to produce what Martin A. Draper, a senior plant pathologist at the United States Department of Agriculture, described as an “explosive” rate of infection. The article says that William Fry, a plant pathology professor at Cornell, has been genetically tracking the fungus and says its spread is due in part to "hundreds of thousands" of...
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Note: On Mondays, one of our various Market Scene correspondents checks in with what's fresh at farmstands, what's coming up, and what you better get while the gettin's good. Today, Leah Greenstein (SpicySaltySweet) drops by from Los Angeles. Heirloom tomatoes. It's baseball season—almost the All-Star break—which in my house means Red Sox games are playing on my TV every night. It also means screening phone calls, not checking text messages, and avoiding sites like Twitter and Facebook, where the multitudes seem to forget we live in the era of the DVR and inadvertently publish game spoilers. The nonstop baseball marathon also means that summer is in full swing, the grill is hot, and the produce at the Hollywood Farmers' Market...
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Photograph from That Blonde Girl in the Serious Eats Flickr Pool It may not feel like it in many parts of the country, but summer has officially arrived. And in New Jersey, that means tomatoes—like these guys, at the Sorbello Girls Farm Market in Elks Township. Let the eating begin....
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Since it's the middle of June, it is still a wee bit early for tomatoes. All you are likely to find at your local farmers' market are ones grown in greenhouses. Though tastier than those red styrofoam balls you find in the winter at grocery stores, they are nothing like all those big juicy hybrids and gorgeous heirlooms we will be seeing in July. Ree of Pioneer Women has a great recipe for gazpacho if you just must start eating tomatoes now. She adds a little organic tomato juice to pump up the flavor and goes untraditional with her toppings, adding shrimp, avocado, sour cream, and cilantro. Plus, if it's your first time making gazpacho, Ree gives great play-by-play...
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