Even the smallest garden — as in a few pots on a sunny windowsill — has a cherry tomato plant. They don’t ask for much and they give a lot. These bite-sized sweet tomatoes are the first to ripen and ...

Don't stop with the fried version. While some tomatoes are better for certain dishes than others, we don’t discriminate when it comes to this summer crop. While drip-down-your-face farmers' market ...

Most Americans are familiar with fried green tomatoes, where the under-ripe fruits are dredged in a flour or cornmeal coating and pan-fried to a... I have a waste-not-want-not approach to pretty much ...

Blame it on Fannie Flagg. The author’s 1987 novel “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe” and the subsequent movie version meant most of us will only think of green tomatoes as a thing you ...

One morning last week, when it seemed the rain would never cease, I popped open an umbrella, slogged into my muddy garden and counted 81 green tomatoes. Two yellow blooms tipped the end of one twig; ...

This year may be remembered as the Year of the Green Tomato - at least in Northern California. Though more heirloom tomato varieties are showing up in markets, many backyard garden vines are still ...

As the temperatures climb past Arctic levels and the birds spend sixteen hours a day loudly heralding the arrival of Doin’ It Season, the brief and glorious highlight of my year—tomato season—seems ...

I have a waste-not-want-not approach to pretty much everything in life. Lemon peels get tossed in a jar to infuse into limoncello, worn bed sheets are ripped into rags, and nothing thrills me more ...