In the cooking world we often treat tomatoes as a vegetable even though they're actually a fruit. Canning is a culinary exception. Because tomatoes have high acidity, they are canned like other fruits ...

Across Sacramento kitchens in midsummer, cooks annually see red. The trigger is an avalanche of homegrown tomatoes – or irresistible bargains brought home from the farmers market. In the heart of ...

When I planted Mortgage Lifter, Mr. Stripey, German Red Strawberry, Early Girl and Roma seedlings in my backyard, I had dreams of filling baskets with sun-ripened tomatoes. I imagined jars of canned ...

Whether you grow your own tomatoes or purchase them from a local produce stand, you may want to preserve some to use this winter. Choose reliable canning directions to yield a safe product. Many ...

You see the videos on YouTube and TikTok: families in Italy and the U.S. coming together to process and preserve bushels of tomatoes on one hot day at the end of summer when tomatoes are plentiful and ...

It is impossible to look at all the tomatoes at our farmers market and not long to find the time to preserve them. Yet time seems to be the commodity in shortest supply these days. So what to do? If ...

Question: I have sooooo many tomatoes this year. I don’t know how to can them or have any of that equipment. Can you give me some ideas on how I might process and store some of them for future use ...

EACH MONDAY, from late July through September, I preserve tomatoes. In the thick of the season, I go through about 400 pounds a week. I boil them down into ketchup, and marinara sauce, and salsa, and ...

Ripe cherry tomatoes can’t be beat. Pop in your mouth often — if left too long on the vine they will split. Full-size tomatoes like Early Girl and Celebrity should be ready for harvest if they were ...

Frozen herbs can conjure up the delights of warm weather even in the depths of winter. Here’s how to get started. By Margaret Roach Parsley — the herb I use most, week in and out — is almost never on ...