Our local tomato spring truly has sprung. Not exactly on-time, however – more like, finally. As in, Finally, it’s about [expletive] time, because I live alongside some of the finest tomato plants in the known universe, and it’s just plain wrong to make me wait until late August to get my fix.… Read More »
I had always thought it was Mae West who said something about good sex being great, and bad sex being pretty good too, but now I can’t find the attribution, so maybe I’ve been wrong; although in my search, I did come across one Jimmy Williams (there are many Jimmy Williamses, and I’m honestly not sure which, but my money is on the old Red Sox manager), apparently of similar mind, who said, “Sex is like money, golf and beer – even when it’s bad, it’s good.” Whatever the case, I’m going to argue that sex is a really lousy analogy for tomatoes.… Read More »
Armed with strawberries of such high sugar content, I wanted something with a bit of bite to provide ballast to the dish: Green Zebra heirlooom tomatoes, with higher acidity and more tartness than most of their heirloom cousins, would balance the flavor profile and a splash of color at the same time. Now, strawberries and tomatoes may or may not sound odd to you – they are both fruits, after all – but the what makes the match particularly interesting is that the tomato is a berry, while the strawberry is not…… Read More »
As I’ve already confessed elsewhere and at length, I’m a pretty lousy gardener, but – as with most things in life – luck trumps skill, and Lady Luck planted a big, wet snog on my tomatoes this year. Seriously, to judge by my Green Zebras, she might even have slipped them some tongue.… Read More »
