Comments on: Tomato bliss

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:37:03 +0000

@ Chris: What a boon! With 10lbs you can probably eat them all fresh or maybe cook up a tomato tart. Yum.

By: Chris Hernandez

Chris Hernandez — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:38:24 +0000

I love home grown tomatoes, we just picked like 10lbs of them and I am still trying to figure out what they will be next. All I know is, my sandwiches have never tasted better this summer.

By: Mark Eisner

Mark Eisner — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:56:33 +0000

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about a documentary on Neruda and the bestselling edition of translations, "The Essential Neruda"

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– The Bloomsbury Review

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– The Austin Chronicle

Paz,
Mark

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:53:07 +0000

I have to admit tripe seems a bit icky to me, but I'll seriously try anything once. What's the shellfish? Is it oysters?

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:32:24 +0000

@ Derek: Yeah… it seems weird to me now too, but there are still things I'm working on liking like certain shellfish and animal stomachs

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:49:32 +0000

"Once upon a time, I was a kid who hated tomatoes. Tomato sauce was okay, ketchup was great. I even slowly came around to salsa, though for years I survived on dry chips (guac didn't interest me till well into college)."

Always weird to see a history of picky eating from someone who I always think of as so the opposite!

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:04:02 +0000

@ soulchocolate: Yes! I've totally been aching to make a tart too. You should send me a link to a recipe and pic if you end up making one!

By: soulchocolate@hotmail.com

soulchocolate@hotmail.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:40:55 +0000

Tomatoes are probably one of nature's best gifts I'd say! Colour-wise, taste-wise, I get that "Mother Earth" connection whenever I see tomatoes sold right on the vine! Nothing better than baked tomatoes, beautiful- yes! tomato tart-heavenly with cream!!!! did that last year, your post so makes me want to bake a savoury tart this instant!

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:03:37 +0000

What a compliment. I know how much it means from you that you're going to open the oven and make something. Just make sure your bread is stale — it really does make it awesome.

Tomatoes are delish. I'm going to try to make a tomato tart sometime in the near future. mmmm.

By: Anjali

Anjali — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:54:25 +0000

oh my gosh, that panzanella sounds freaking delicious, i must make some soon! (you have inspired me actually *cook* something — no small feat!)

i love love love tomatoes (esp. in caprese salads/sandwiches) and am glad you have finally come around to seeing their goodness…and yes, that day on the beach, devouring them with the bread and goat cheese, was absolutely fantastic! also the third picture: too cute.