Let’s clear up the name first: almost nobody who makes “sun-dried” tomatoes uses the sun. Real sun-drying demands day after
Everything else in tomato preserving forgives mistakes. Freeze them badly and you get freezer burn. Dry them wrong and you
Of all the ways to preserve a tomato glut, freezing is the one that asks almost nothing of you. No
“Never put tomatoes in the fridge” might be the most repeated food rule in America, and it’s only half right.
The sunny windowsill, the most famous tomato-ripening spot in the world? One of the worst places you can put a
A hungry tomato plant fills out a form for you. Which leaves went strange first, old or new. Whether the
A tomato plant covered in flowers that never become tomatoes feels personal, like you did something wrong. So let me
Here’s the single most useful thing you can learn about ugly tomatoes: almost nothing that goes wrong with the fruit
A tomato plant can’t tell you what’s wrong, so it uses its leaves. Yellowing, curling, spotting, wilting, every one of
Here’s the frustrating thing about tomato pests: you almost never catch one in the act. The bug that wrecked your