Tomatoes 17 Articles

by Annette Bromley

When you think of the tomato, what first comes to mind, the bright red addition to your leafy green salad, spaghetti sauce, pizza, ketchup, a bowl of soup? How about tomato pie or tomato soup cake? How about roasted and ...read more

by Marian Davis

Spring is here and the ever optimistic thought of producing a bounty of lustrous tomatoes is drawing me to the garden. How revered are tomatoes? There are songs about them, the word is used as affectionate slang (sh...read more

by Victoria Neely

Tomatoes are so much more than veggie-things that you can slice up and toss into your salad. Tomato sauce is an essential ingredient for some of the greatest foods around: Spaghetti, lasagna, pizza, and many kinds of Mexic...read more

by Santi Meintjes

Ask me to give up anything in a diet - chocolates, ice cream (sob), even wine (aarrrgghhhh!) but don't ask me to give up tomatoes. When I was a kid my parents had a huge vegetable garden and they loved trying new variet...read more

by maggie's musings

The tomato ~ a treasure revived Many may remember the days when tomatoes tasted so sweet, one didn't have to season them. Growing up in Wisconsin, my grandfather grew the best tomatoes, so sweet, so succulent with lots...read more

by Linda Shortell

The Health Benefits of Tomatoes Tomatoes are low in calories, sweet, and healthy. Tomatoes are healthy to eat, because they contain lycopene, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin K, and fiber. Lycopene is the pigment that m...read more

by Susan Clowes

Since my arrival to Seville, I have become absolutely obsessed with tomatoes. Back home I never touched the ghastly fruits. Here, I can't get enough of them they're everywhere; lurking in my ensalada mixta, smeared on my ...read more

by Chris Sathman

Tomatoes have featured as an everyday part of our diet for many decades now, but they have changed so much in the last forty years that it is hard to imagine that the fruit we buy today is the same as the juicy sweet fruit...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

I love tomatoes and just for this, I dedicate this article to them. CHARACTERS AND CULTIVATION The tomato (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM) is a solanacea native to South America that, for a long time after its introduction in...read more

by Mona Agarwal

Tomatoes are one among the vegetable which not only enhance taste of any food but also is healthy for body. It has been certified by various reserches that tomatoes are one of the healthiest food in diet. Including raw tom...read more

by Sue Marchant

Tomatoes are one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen and I'm rarely without them. In summer, I grow them up a trellis outside the kitchen window, in the winter I use them canned, marinated, sun-dried and (unf...read more

by Amanda Carter

Fat Food Food has changed through time and from place to place but not always for the better.America is known as the fast food state.We indulge ourselves with the many fattening foods that our society has to offer.Th...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

The tomato found his origin in the South of America. These vegetables are very healthy and we can eat them in all the continents of the world. Most of the tomatoes are red, but there are also some green ones. Tomatoes ...read more

by Michelle Burkhardt

The Tomato, a fruit or a vegetable? Nobody knows. The poor tomato has the characteristics of being a fruit but I've never seen anyone spread it on their toast or add it to their cereal. Defined in the American Heritage ...read more

by Sara Reda Vinci

TOMATO,can anything be as versatile. Tomatoes can be boiled, steamed, stewed, fried, broiled, baked, barbecued, stuffed, juiced, seared and much more. Tomatoes can be peeled, diced, minced, mashed, smashed, dried, sliced...read more

by Allison Osborne

In Australia, I have found that tomatoes out of season are just vile. No flavour or colour and pricey to boot! One great way of making out of season tomatoes more palatable is to slow cook them in the oven. Preheat t...read more

by Farmer Bob

First a short history. Tomatoes were brought to Europe from South America by the Spanish sometime in the 1500's. Soon they spread across the Continent, although they were rarely considered a food source. They were mostl...read more