Great Taste

If strawberries are almost here, local tomatoes can't be far off

Yes, real tomatoes--not those flawlessly perfect-looking red fruits that taste like....just what do they taste like?

Come to think of it, how have mass marketed tomatoes been altered so drastically that their taste almost doesn't resemble what they are named after? 

Barry Estabrook, author of "Tomatoland," has excellent insights regarding this question. Here is a  Q & A with him in Salon.com.

Look for top quality tomatoes--the kind you can eat out of hand, with perhaps a sprinkle of salt---to start showing up at farmers markets next month. 

 

Today Aspen, tomorrow--Rochester?

Here's the scoop on Meatless Mondays in Aspen, Colorado, from Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-elam/aspen-co-meatless-mondays_b_871596.html

Could "Meatless Mondays" be the next happening thing in Rochester, Minnesota? This writer would like to think so. 

What sayeth Baseball Cap? Can GG persuade you with tater tots, French fries and more potato delights? How about creamy, vegetable-based wild rice soup? And don't forget apple pie! Finish off a meal with some rich coffee.....Would you, could you.....? 

MUST WATCH: Science and Cooking at Harvard

Last fall's public lecture series, through the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: 

http://www.youtube.com/harvard#p/c/0/d9av8-lhJS8