[📸 photo: @thefoodgriot ] … from a 'sequence of ‘fresh tomato’ beauty shots i took at the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx one recent summer…

Newsflash: Tomatoes Come in All Kinds of Delicious, Nutritious Colors, Shapes & Sizes…

Seems way too early in the season, nonetheless — according to the folks who create the “National Today” calendar, it’s National Fresh Tomato Day da…It’s celebrated on April 6th each year to appreciate the beauty and health of fresh tomatoes. …

The not-so-humble tomato has a fascinating (now) global history with humans (and other earthly creatures). Beginning with Mesoamerican indigenous people who first cultivated this now ubiquitous nightshade plant…

Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my specialties that extended fam friends ask me to make — often

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