With tomato season taking place from May to October, you may be wondering why there are so many options for the juicy fruit. Well, the answer is easy. It is because each type of tomato delivers a ...

Jacques Pépin uses two pounds of fresh tomatoes plus a generous dollop of tomato paste for a versatile soup that can be ...

Beefsteak tomatoes are an indeterminate tomato plant. What that means is that it's a vine that never stops growing. And so, in order to form all of those really big tomatoes, it needs lots of stems, ...

From tiny red orbs to enormous fruits the size of a fist or bigger, tomatoes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors (yes, colors). If you haven't explored tomato varieties beyond standard ...

Beefsteak tomatoes are an indeterminate tomato plant. What that means is that it's a vine that never stops growing. And so, in order to form all of those really big tomatoes, it needs lots of stems, ...

There are sandwiches we slap together for a quick lunch, practically standing over the kitchen counter as we wolf them down. Then there are sandwiches that demand the time and attention to detail that ...

For years, Zachary Lippman and his team of gene trackers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have been on the trail of secrets tucked in the genome of tomatoes. In 2010, he and his collaborators zeroed ...

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