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Filet beans braised with tomatoes

I was recently at a friend’s house and she served something called Turkish Green Beans, a soul-satisfying braise of late season green beans and tomatoes that was full of her memories of a youthful trip abroad. I had a pile … Continue reading

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“Rites of Red: Hanging Winter Tomatoes”

From The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper (Scribner, 1999) — instructions for hanging in the last paragraph: I practically reeled at my first taste of Puglia’s little oval tomatoes. Once I broke through the tough skin, the tomato tasted … Continue reading

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