Heirloom Tomatoes News

The Hollywood farmers market has a distinctively urban, almost carnival-like atmosphere, blending serious foodies, working-class shoppers, musicians, petition gatherers and a scattering of freaks.

Making a commitment to supporting local agriculture by buying and eating locally produced foods just got a little easier, thanks to a new book published by six Humboldt County women who refer to themselves collectively as "Heirloom Tomatoes" and have all taken nicknames that are, you guessed it, heirloom tomato cultivars.

The benefits of eating fresh produce are often touted as a contributor to good health.

This fettuccine dish for one person is quick, easy and satisfying - and can easily be doubled for surprise guests.

From the kitchen of Local 647 of Delaplane, Va. 1 Comment Servings: 1 Difficulty: Easy 1-30 min One of the four finalists in the Best Food Cart Challenge held by "Good Morning America Weekend," Local 647 is reinventing the concept of street food.

Slow Food Miami hosts a Greenmarket Tent at this weekend's Ramble at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden featuring Asian food with Thi Squire, ``What's in Your Lunchbox?'' with Adri Garcia and Hunter Reno, goat-cheese making with Hani Khouri and heirloom tomato starts from Redland Organics.

Remember that Canvolution everyone was talking so much about this summer? Well, it's still happening throughout the year, but this week, with its 4:30 pm sunsets, seemingly perpetual darkness, unrelenting rain, and downright apocalyptic winds feels like a good time to reach up into those cupboards and pull down a jar of those tomatoes you put up ...

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Chai's Island Bistro in the Aloha Tower Marketplace with "An Evening Under the Stars" from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov.

The Green Market is back today, November 11, from 3 to 6 pm at the Atrium at Mayfair.

Walking through the Greenmarket near my Brooklyn apartment, I usually linger at one stand that I've dubbed the "alien farm." The stand seems to specialize in unusual vegetable varieties, from bulbous heirloom tomatoes and knobby beets the color of spilled ink to those pale Romanesco broccoli , which curl endlessly out from themselves like a ...

Drain, toss with olive oil and set aside. Chop garlic, slice the onions and mushrooms, de-stem basil and set aside.

When the idea of a Sedona Farmers Market was first tossed around in the beginning of the year, it was not clear whether or not there were enough local growers to even start a market.

No more early Saturdays spent picking and packing produce at this farm near Bennington.

Whew. We had our big day yesterday at my kids' school : Garden to Cafeteria Day .

Bob Keyser is the owner of Farmer Bob's stand off Sutton Way in Grass Valley, in back of The Union office.

This surprising tasty salad was inspired by raw dishes that use zucchini in place of pasta.

When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck in 1989, we lost many unique downtown businesses, including the little Delmarette Fountain.

Raised garden beds, above, often are used to grow tomatoes. Root-knot nematodes, however, can invade.

T HE SEASONS each take turns showing up on the earthenware plates of Avanti. Beet raviolis in winter and fava beans and lamb in the spring.

I'm not a fan of the term "fine dining" as it connotes some sort of snooty experience in my mind, and after all, any food that's great seems quite "fine" to me.