Tomato

DIY kid food is the best food, if you ask us.

A super simple red sauce lets the shellfish shine—say that 5 times fast.

The honey lends a sweet, caramelize-y twist to this quick curry, but if you want to up the heat, add a big pinch of cayenne pepper. Have some thick, crusty bread handy to scoop up all the extra sauce, or serve alongside a pile of rice for a low-maintenance comfort food dinner.

Drop those Romas. Unless it's summer, these are the only fresh tomatoes we're buying.

Because you need more butter-roasted things in your life.

If you don’t have an ovenproof skillet for this shakshuka recipe, just cook everything in a medium skillet and transfer to a 2-quart baking dish before cracking the eggs.

Canned tomatoes, you will not claim the life of another t-shirt.

Not kidding. Unless we're making a caprese or a B.L.T., we're using canned tomatoes. Here's why we love them.

The classic summer salad gets a roasty cold-weather makeover.

It's understated and unassuming, but packs a serious punch.

The classic Cuban braise that definitely requires a side of maduros and beans.

Cherry tomato pasta is the cheap rent week dinner that enables irrational spending and budgetary disregard.

Saying these are better than our nonna’s would be a bad idea, but she’ll never know if we just think it…

End-of-summer produce is bountiful and cheap at the farmers' market. Make the most of it.

Make these recipes before it's too late!

Harissa, a spicy North African paste of chiles, garlic, and spices, is available in many large grocery stores and Middle Eastern markets—some brands come in tubes, others are sold in jars. If you can’t find it, though, substitute by mixing together your favorite hot sauce, tomato paste, a pinch or two of ground cumin, and a drizzle of olive oil. Keep playing with the ratios until you have a medium-spicy paste.

This is a perfect recipe to make when you have bought too many tomatoes at the market and they are starting to show their age.

Cooking bacon in the oven on a sheet tray is so hands-off, so splatter-free, and so easy, it just might convince you to eat a lot more bacon in the future.

You’re going to get what seems like a lot of dressing from this wedge salad recipe, but all those crevices in the iceberg lettuce will use it up.

A boneless rib eye is your best bet, plus it’s easier to serve family-style.

Using frozen puff pastry is the shortcut that makes this tart a new summer weeknight favorite recipe.

Remember: If the shells are perfectly cooked in the first step, they’ll be mushy and flabby after baking. This recipe is from Palizzi Social Club in Philadelphia, PA.

The little black dress of Italian-American cooking. This recipe is from Palizzi Social Club in Philadelphia, PA.

And yeah, I had a favorite.