Heirloom Tomatoes News

Set on the banks of the Schroon River in the Historic Mills District, the Warrensburg Riverfront Farmers' Market is a bustling center of activity every Friday afternoon throughout the summer.

Dan Nettesheim raises Piedmontese beef cattle on a family farm in Sugar Creek Township.

If you have ever grown tomatoes in your backyard, ideally from heritage seeds, harvesting each plump red fruit at the height of ripeness, you know there is something missing from the hothouse hybrids at the local grocery.

FRIDAY, May 25 -- Scientists say they've learned why a ripe, homegrown tomato tastes so much better than the bland supermarket variety.

You've seen them lurking in the produce department of the grocery store those gnarly, cat-faced or cracked tomatoes with deep folds in strange shapes, colors and sizes.

University of Florida scientists say they've unlocked the chemical secrets of why some tomatoes taste good and others don't. The researchers, led by horticultural science professor Harry Klee, said on Thursday that their findings could result in better tasting commercial tomatoes, a $431 million annual crop in Florida.

I've got two old, large trees in my Elmhurst back yard that provide plenty of welcoming shade on hot, sunny days.

Supermarket tomatoes that taste like heirloom tomatoes are closer to reaching grocery aisles as a result of a discovery from the University of Florida .

Scientists are several steps closer to restoring flavor to the supermarket tomato, a once-magnificent fruit turned by commercial pressures into a juicy orb of gustatory cardboard.

There is nothing better than a ripe, red, homegrown tomato, and now researchers reporting online on May 24 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have figured out just what it is that makes some of them so awfully good .

If you live in Maine, you probably have it deeply ingrained in your subconscious mind that you don't put your weak, defenseless plants outside until after Memorial Day.

'Stolen with permission' from Executive Chef John Radcliff, who is at the helm of the ZED451restaurant in Chicago, this recipe is delicious.

The spring weather has farmers markets in full, delicious frenzy -- and we're on a mission to visit as many of the Bay Area's 130-plus markets as we can.

Summer is the sweetest season for the tomato lover. Tantalizing fruits fill the garden in every shape, size and color imaginable, from large black beefsteak tomatoes to tiny golden currant varieties.

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Otay Ranch Town Center's weekly farmers market is entering its fifth year and the mall will soon add children's storytelling to the mix.

We tend to use Italian cheeses to create tomato dishes, but this one uses Swiss cheese, which is one of my favorites .A The nutty taste of Swiss cheese works very well in this side dish; it goes well with chicken and can stand in for salad if you are trying to get dinner on the table.

May has been here for awhile, which means that the West Chester Growers Market is also back.A Here's a look at the vendors that will be at the market on Saturday, May 18.

Raised by an Italian mother, Caitlin Clarke of BarnegatA said food has always been important in her family.

Contributor Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, season is coming to an end already. This weekend will be a great time to ... In terms of the known unknowns, to the average consumer it's nothing short of a magical mystery that foodstuffs appear in the depots we call grocery stores.