An effortless roasted tomato soup made with fresh tomatoes and garden herbs. This soup has bright tomato flavor and a hint of spicy heat, and is exactly what you want to be eating as the first leaves of fall flutter by.
Avocado and Tomato Salad with Fresh Za’atar + 10 Years of Brooklyn Supper
We’re celebrating a decade of Brooklyn Supper with a summery avocado and tomato salad sprinkled with lime juice and fresh za’atar.
summer produce guide: what to eat right now (early july)
A weekly summer produce guide to what’s in season right now based on the contents of our CSA share, with CSA and farmer’s market recipes and inspiration. This week: cherry tomatoes, wineberries, blackberries, and nectarines.
I know I must have cooked often during my single days. I mean, I entertained a bit and loved making a haphazard feast for friends (still do), but whatever my ordinary dinners were escapes me. There’s one exception: the tomato, basil, mozzarella, and baguette dinner. My favorite wine shop was a great place to pick up small staples too, so I’d head over after work and gather the ingredients for my simple dinner, plus a bottle of red, and then head home to feast.
Cherry and grape tomatoes came in this week, and from these and other market finds, we cobbled together our own version of the perfect summer dinner – a crusty baguette, small heirloom tomatoes, and purple basil. [Read more…]
fish tacos with heirloom tomato and peach salsa
Savory pacific cod fish tacos topped with a sweet and spicy heirloom tomato and peach salsa, created in partnership with SmartyPants Vitamins.
tomato chevre tart
Summer’s grace has descended here in Virginia. The seventeen-year cicadas are gone, but regular old ones hiss from the lush green trees, fireflies dot the evenings, and the first fruits and vegetables are ripening in our tiny garden. We’ve had a stretch of rainy days, and that’s felt right––a sort of nature-imposed time of reflection just ahead of the season of sweltering abundance.
And the tomatoes have arrived. [Read more…]