What's Cooking Tomatoes Guide for Summer Varieties
Michele Kayal for AP surveys common tomato varieties Beefsteak Brandywine Red Field Beauty Soldacki Cardinal Matchless Mortgage Lifter Bush tomatoes Early Girl Czech Bush Plums Roma Cherry bi colors Green yellow orange Juliet Grape Currant mini white black tomatoes and more Each variety noted for size flavor and best uses from raw salads to sauces with expert quotes guiding selection and handling
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Associated Press
Lawrence Davis-Hollander
West Virginia
Davis-Hollander
Mark Thigo
Taigo
Shippensburg
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Middle East
Italy
Davis- Hollander
Aunt Ruby
Kirschenbaum
Earl of Edgecombe
Davis Hollander
Mark Toigo
Toigo Orchards
Lawrence Davis- Hollander
Korea
Local tomatoes win over shelf varieties for flavor
A quick guide to selecting tomatoes emphasizes buying local produce from farmers markets or nearby grocers. Experts note summer warmth boosts sweetness, advise choosing slightly soft fruit with no cracks, and warn against refrigeration to preserve flavor and texture.
Fresh Rainbow Salsa With Tomatoes and Tomatillos
A colorful tomato salsa blends ripe tomatoes and tomatillos with chili cilantro and garlic. Dice the produce, combine, season with salt, and let stand to meld flavors. Best the day it is made and refrigerates about a week.
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Lawrence Davis-Hollander
Roasted Heirloom Tomato Sauce Recipe
A step by step guide to a four cup sauce using five pounds heirloom tomatoes. Roast halved tomatoes with garlic and thyme, then blend to a skins free pulp. Sauté onions with wine, reduce, fold in tomato pulp, add basil salt and pepper, simmer until thick. Chef Kevin Schmitz notes Marketplace Kitchen Great Barrington Massachusetts.
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Livingston
Kevin Schmitz
Marketplace
Great Barrington
Mass
Desperation Dinners Iceberg Wedge Salad Recipe
Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross share a playful take on the iceberg wedge as a main course in their Desperation Dinners. The recipe yields four servings with bacon blue cheese dressing and a quick homemade version, noting nutrition per serving and offering a short Cook’s note.
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Beverly Mills
Alicia Ross
Alicia
KitchenScoop.com
Workman
United Media
Madison Ave
New York
Kitchenscoop
Desperation Dinners
United Feature Syndicate Inc
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