Ronni Lundy / Hardcover

In Praise of Tomatoes: Tasty Recipes, Garden Secrets, Legends & Lore

Name: In Praise of Tomatoes: Tasty Recipes, Garden Secrets, Legends & Lore
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Gardeners and chefs alike will delight in this pictorial and instructive celebration of the ever-popular tomato.

Everyone will enjoy this juicy tribute to tangy, tasty tomato. Begin with a horticultural look at resurgent vintage varieties: a comprehensive chart gives specific growing and eating details on more than 50 delicious types, both heirloom and hybrid.

Find out how to create and cultivate the "essential tomato garden," even on a windowsill. From the backyard, head straight to the kitchen with information on how to store, peel, freeze, dry, can, and cook up the harvest. Recipes include such luscious dishes as tomato soup, jam, bread, and green tomato pie. The enlightening feast rounds out with fun facts on the tomato's history and tomato festivals.

Learn More About the Author(s)

Born in Corbin, Kentucky, Ronni Lundy has long chronicled the people of the hillbilly diaspora as a journalist and cookbook author. She is the former restaurant reviewer and music critic for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, former editor of Louisville Magazine, and has contributed to many national magazines. Her book Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes and Honest Fried Chicken was recognized by Gourmet magazine as one of six essential books on Southern cooking. In 2009, Lundy received the Southern Foodways Alliance Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award. She has contributed to Eating Well, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Esquire, and other magazines.

Release Date: 2006

Condition: New

Language: English