July Field Notes — Why Your Tomatoes Aren't Turning Red (and What to Do About It)
The tomatoes will turn. Late July just requires a particular kind of trust in the season — the understanding that the garden is working even when the evidence is still green.
Slow-Roasted Eggplant and Tomato with Herbed White Beans
Eggplant and tomatoes roasted low and slow until they collapse into something silky and deeply savory, spooned over herbed white beans that soak up every bit of the pan juices.
Tomato Toast with Basil Oil and Crispy Capers
A July tomato — genuinely ripe, sun-warmed, from a farm stand or your own vine — needs almost nothing. This is a recipe built around that truth.