tomato

Three 3-Minute Chilled Soups

by Aimee

I fell in love on my honeymoon. With a cold soup. Yes, I was already head over heels with a tall engineering student, but a chilled Hungarian sour cherry soup, enjoyed on a shady Budapest courtyard with the aforementioned tall student, also captured my heart. That memorable lunch left an impression on me – on [...]

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Preserving

Canning 101: Home Canned Tomatoes

by Marisa

The following is a guest post from Marisa of Food in Jars. Welcome, Marisa! Canned tomatoes are a pantry staple. However for most of us, our tomatoes come in cans from the grocery store. For a moment though, imagine what it would be like to have a pantry lined with sparkling glass jars, filled with [...]

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Quick Bites

14 Ways to Enjoy Ripe Tomatoes

by Aimee

Tomatoes have arrived. Tomatoes that actually have flavor, that taste sun kissed, and have ripened naturally. I herald the arrival of the fresh summer tomatoes just as enthusiastically as flip-flops and sundresses. Like most produce, they are best enjoyed simply adorned. Marinated Tomatoes Here’s what I’m suggesting you do right now. Yep, before you’ve had [...]

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Kids in the Kitchen

Knife Skills for Toddlers

by Cheryl

My kids have been in the kitchen with me from the moment they were old enough to stand, unsupported, on a chair. By nature toddlers want to be where there parents are, so if Mama is in the kitchen, the kids usually are as well. We only baked together at first. I walked through our [...]

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Dinner

Been to a Farm Lately? (Recipe: Asparagus & Cherry Tomato Pizza)

by Cheryl

Much can be said about the environmental and economic benefits of eating locally sourced foods. More can be said about the adage that a local food advocate from my town often uses: Eat food you know from people you know. Every summer my family makes more than a handful of pilgrimages to local farms. These trips [...]

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