Over the weekend, Chef James LoCascio introduced Branch Creek Farms‘ 28 year old strain of heirloom tomatoes at Barclay Prime in a little thing they’re calling Tomato Time. An assortment of 80 pounds of Sicilian Plums, Green Zebra, Pineapple, Purple Cherokee, Sun Gold and Tiger Striped tomatoes are picked on Thursdays and immediately delivered to [...]
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Field Report: Tomato Time At Barclay Prime
Aired August 31st, 2009 on Tomatoes and specials.2 CommentsObject of Our Undying Affection: The Tomato
Aired August 13th, 2009 on Locavore, Love and Tomatoes.3 CommentsIt’s official – we are totally obsessed with tomatoes. The summertime treat evokes a lot of local pride, and we consider ourselves lucky to have access to fresh, delicious Jersey Tomatoes throughout the summer. We feel even luckier to have tomatoes this year in particular, what with the well-documented late blight outbreak that has taken [...]
Come this time of year, there may be nothing more de-lovely than slicing up a big, ripe — and importantly, ugly as all get out — Jersey tomato, adding a little fleur de sel, and going to town on that bad boy. But whether they’re grown in one’s own garden (you rule) or coming from [...]
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