Waste Not Want Not: Braised Fennel, Tomato-Orange Sauce, and Manicotti with Fennel Frond Pesto
After a weekend of canning tomatoes, including a lovely Provençale-style tomato sauce with orange and rosemary, I had a little […]
Canning Tomatoes: Tomato-Orange-Rosemary Sauce
I’ve been restocking my pantry with tomato puree, a simple base of crushed canned tomatoes – smooth and chunky – […]
Gingered Eggplant, Tomato and Potato Stew with Green Beans
The aroma and taste of this hauntingly delicious vegetable stew comes from the combination of ginger and tomatoes, punctuated by […]
October: Salsa – the Last Hurrah and a First Hello
As the growing season moves into its final, coolest stage, the last hurrah of summer vegetables, flowers and herbs beg […]
Summer Salad: Watermelon and Tomatoes with Feta and Mint
This is a refreshing and delicious salad for this season of plentiful fruit. The tang of the cheese and spark […]
Eggplant and Chickpea Stew with Pomegranate Molasses
August brings not only tomatoes but also a bumper crop of eggplant, not to mention a hankering for tangy food […]
August: Tomato Mania
Our local tomatoes start to ripen en masse just as August arrives. I just hauled home 12 pounds of […]
Cooking with Color: Tomato-Calendula Salad and Blue Potatoes with Beets
Okay, I admit that I play with my food. I love compositions and juxtapositions on multiple levels — color, taste, […]
Tomato, Pepper and Sweet Potato Soup
While always willing to go prospecting in the pantry any time of year, I typically cook with local ingredients in […]
Last Call for Tomatoes: Sweet Ketchup and a Hot Sauce
Our first frost was late this year so we were harvesting tomatoes well into October, picking them when they just […]
Yellow Tomato and Pepper Soup
While I typically cook with a balance of complementary colors, sometimes a uniform palette invokes the seasons, just so. I […]
Apple and Tomato Sorbet
A failed jelly transforms into a happy sorbet. I had been attempting to make a tomato (aka love apple) jelly […]
Tomato Salad: Simplicity of the Season
I cook with color. I am as interested in balancing the colors and textures of food, as I am the […]
Corn and Tomato Canapes
These lovely little bites of creamed corn and miniature cherry tomatoes on puff pastry used up a little of this […]
Ancho Chili Tomato Salsa
This salsa is smokin’ good! With a deep, rich color and an immediate flavor that’s hot but not too hot, […]
August: Tomatoes in Variety and Volume
Tomatoes make me happy. I love the fact that I can eat fresh tomatoes from the garden or farm for […]
PROSPECT THE PANTRY 