US law does not require a canned tomato to contain anything but tomatoes. Most cans on the shelf list five
Tomato puree and tomato paste both have precise legal definitions under US food law. Passata does not. That gap is
Recipes and tomatoes don’t speak the same language. Recipes are written in cans, cups, and ounces. Gardens and market stalls
Tomato bouillon shows up in a lot of Latin American recipes as a single line. Add a spoonful of tomato
Every tomato substitution article gives you a list to memorize. Here’s the insight that replaces the list: every tomato product
Here’s the secret hiding in the canned tomato aisle, and it explains a thousand disappointing sauces. Diced tomatoes are chemically
Here’s why the tomato aisle confuses everyone, cooks included. The words on the jars have no standard definitions, and worse,
Here’s a secret from the how-honest-can-a-cooking-site-be department: most tomato prep is optional. Recipes hand down peeling and seeding instructions like