We Southerners have a special kinship with heirloom tomatoes. They star in so many of our favorite seasonal dishes, from stunning tomato pies to humble tomato sandwiches. One of the many beautiful ...

Carroll County’s master gardeners may soon also be known as master bakers, as they cook up bread recipes featuring their prized heirloom tomatoes as the star ingredient. The gardeners are preparing ...

Did you know gardeners have over 10,000 different varieties of tomato from which to choose for spring planting? No wonder ...

They’re all the rage at farmers’ markets and trendy restaurants and among gardeners and foodies. That’s because heirloom tomato varieties are tasty. “These are varieties that you can’t really get from ...

Walk into any serious restaurant kitchen in peak summer and you will almost certainly find a crate of misshapen, multicolored ...

Among Berks-area growers, heirloom tomatoes are must haves. Varieties such as oxheart and early girl are prolific producers of juicy, red fruit. But, there are more than 7,500 varieties to choose from ...

But are they really? And if so, why? What are heirloom tomatoes, anyway? These are the questions we ask ourselves when July gives way to August, and tomato season starts coming in hot. Despite the ...

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand knowledge of growing, tasting and cooking with heirloom vegetables. A staunch supporter of ...