This cold pasta is a summer festival in a bowl: delicious, crunchy sweet corn, earthy pan-roasted zucchini, refreshing fresh herbs, salty feta cheese… and most of all, the amazingly flavorful heirlooms. The Black Russian, Pruden’s Purple or any red heirloom beefsteak tomatoes will be marvelous in this dish.
In 2009, I had the great pleasure of meeting Jaden Hair at her book signing in New York City. Jaden is a fantastic cook, and the talented author of the popular blog Steamy Kitchen. With her huge smile and endearing personality, Jaden never fails to light up the room.
Yellow heirloom tomatoes — like the Golden Jubilee, Amana Orange, Yellow Brandywine or Bicolor Mortgage Lifter — are slightly sweet, juicy and fleshy. They also have very few seeds, making them perfect candidates for gazpacho. The lime-infused oil drizzled on the chilled soup just before serving brings out the tomatoes’ […]
Slightly sweet, a tad tangy, and extraordinarily flavorful, the tomato is a fruit disguised as a vegetable – with a color, shape and vitality that make it one of the most gorgeous fruits to look at. But the tomato also happens to be extremely versatile and easy to cook with.
Easy and utterly delicious
Fresh chickpeas are in season in mid to late summer. They are deliciously tender and pair beautifully with green beans, cranberry beans and heirloom tomatoes to make a salad that truly taste like summer!
Spaghetti sauce, homemade from scratch. Your ancestors would be proud!