tomatoes

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The How-To Kitchen: Seasoning a Molcajete + Smoky Tomato Salsa

Casey Barberby Casey Barber May 3, 2010

“If you buy your molcajete from a specialty kitchenware store, chances are it will arrive clean and ready for seasoning. If you buy it from a local market or maybe cart it home in your suitcase from Zihuatanejo (like a fool we all know), then it might be covered in a layer of black soot that you’ll need to scrub off.”

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Cheater’s Chili

Casey Barberby Casey Barber December 9, 2009

“I call it “Cheater’s Chili” because it seems almost like a cheat to make�it’s not a traditional chili in that there’s no meat to brown, and half the components come from the freezer or from cans.”

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So-Simple Tomato Salad

Good. Food. Stories. Contributorby Good. Food. Stories. Contributor September 22, 2009

Today we welcome back Lisa Cericola, editor of Dinner Party, as our featured guest poster. Lisa’s had good luck with finding tasty tomatoes this season and is celebrating the last rays of summer with a salad that is gorgeous in its brevity. Although the homegrown tomatoes have been suffering, I’ve been able to supplement with [...]

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Ode to a Tomato

Danielle Oteriby Danielle Oteri September 16, 2009

“In February as I paid for my CSA share, I had visions of tomatoes covering my kitchen table. August was going to be one giant caprese salad. I was going to roast them, preserve them, and savor their organic goodness all summer. Alas, it was not meant to be because of the late blight.”

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