A Caprese Salad with summer tomatoes is not complicated. And that’s exactly its charm. Summer Tomatoes: The Taste of Simple For me, tomatoes are synonymous with summer. That’s right. Depending on the mood I’m in I might be taking tomato vacation instead of a summer vacation. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? I often joke about having […]
Smothered Okra with Tomatoes and Onions
Okra and Conversion of the Heart (Sorta…) When I was a kid, I hated okra. I would even pick it out of my gumbo and set it on a plate or a paper napkin. [Note: Paper is not the best option in that circumstance.] But my mother loved it, and my grandfather grew it in […]
Cafe Hope and the Creole Tomato Festival
Cafe Hope and the Creole Tomato Festival Our guests on the Around The Table Food Show for Friday, June 7, 2013 were Luis Arocha, Executive Director of Cafe Hope, and Amy Kirk, Marketing Director of The French Market Corporation that puts on the Creole Tomato Festival each year. Cafe Hope: Cooking Up Great Food and […]
Discovering Heirlooms
Discovering Heirloom Tomatoes – A guest post by Elizabeth Bernard Higgs Meet the Paul Robeson Tomato. I first saw this purple beauty (named after the great American singer and actor) while browsing through a specialty food store. I had never seen anything like it in my life. You see, I am the product of a […]
Gluten-Free Round Steak Grillades
I grew up eating round steak at least once a week. My dad used to buy the whole round steak and cut it up into small cutlets. Then he would dredge the cutlets in flour seasoned with salt and black pepper, fry them up in a pan, and then deglaze the pan and make a […]
Simple Tomato, Cucumber and Vidalia Onion Salad
A Summer Favorite Creole tomatoes. Fresh, crisp cucumbers. And the sweet and mild perfection of Vidalia onions. There’s nothing like it. Creole Tomatoes Creoles are simply homegrown tomatoes from this region of south Louisiana. But their taste is so distinct, almost tangy. They are simply my favorite tomatoes. Unfortunately, they are not available all year […]
