| | |  | Gardening Apparel | Home » » The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit | | | | | | | Description: | | From the world-class garden of acclaimed food writer Amy Goldman, a gorgeously illustrated guide to the world’s most beautiful and delicious tomatoes. Every year, renowned grower Amy Goldman produces an amazing 500 varieties of tomatoes on her farm in New York’s Hudson Valley. Here, in 250 gorgeous photos and Goldman’s erudite, charming prose, is the cream of the crop, from glorious heirloom beefsteaks – that delicious tomato you had as a kid but can’t seem to find anymore – to exotica like the currant tomato, a pea-sized fruit with a surprisingly big flavor. Along with the photos are profiles of the tomatoes, filled with fascinating facts on their history and provenance; a section of more than 50 delicious recipes; and a master gardener’s guide to growing your own. More than just a loving look at one of the world's great edibles, this is a philosophy of eating and conservation between covers — an irresistible book for anyone who loves to garden or loves to eat. "The luscious beauty of heirloom tomatoes is captured in this paean to one of the world’s most evocative fruits. Goldman, a grower and horticultural preservationist, looks at the tomato’s history, provides tips for gardeners and presents gorgeous, artistically rendered photos of different varieties in all shapes and sizes along with their stats: size, weight, flavor, best uses, etc. From the “Bonny Best” to the “Black Zebra” to “Aunt Ruby’s German Green,” the photos are seductive and the text engaging. For the last third part of the book, Goldman provides recipes, proving that these tomatoes are not just another pretty face, although the accompanying photos themselves look pretty enough to eat. Goldman embraces many cultures in her recipes, using the tomatoes in salsa, cocktails, pasta, tapas and, of course, the quintessential American dish: fried green tomatoes. The recipes are simple and healthful, ranging from tricolor gazpacho to Savory Tomato Custard to Cherry Tomato Focaccia. Forget about that pale, hard, tasteless stacked tomato in your local supermarket and go wild; this is a book to inspire passion. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Amy Goldman | | Hardcover:
| 272 pages | | Publisher:
| Bloomsbury USA | | Publication Date:
| August 05, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 159691291X | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 27 reviews |
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Surprisingly good book!May 30, 2010
I was not sure about this book, but was interested in possibly growing heirloom tomatoes. The Heirloom Tomato turned out to be a surprisingly good book. Outstanding photography of all the varieties, plus detailed information on each tomato, its history, flavor, appearance and use. Information on raising heirlooms, saving seeds, and even breeding is included.Tomatoes have never been so interesting. Definitely a worthwhile investment, even if you don't grow any.
Heirloom All The Way!Mar 12, 2010
Author Amy Goldman has put together one of the most beautiful books available on heirloom tomatoes. Once you discover heirloom gardening, you will never buy a hybrid or genetically altered seed or plant again, no matter how they hype it up. Heirlooms will adapt to your soil and climate, and be much stronger, needing limited amounts of pesticides, if any, making them perfect for the organic gardener. Most will have those "old timey" exquisite flavors that you have been missing, but may not have realized it until you start eating them. Who knew that there were so many types of heirloom tomatoes that have withstood the test of time? Until reading this book, I didn't even know that white tomatoes existed before hybridization became popular, and was pretty much ignored because the red tomato was preferred by the public. The white tomato, Great White, is said to have an "Excellent; divinely sweet" flavor, while White Beauty's flavor is described modestly as "Excellent".
Miss Goldman's chapters include tips on how to grow tomatoes and how to save the seeds for planting next years crop. She then goes on to describe the differet types of tomatoes: cherry, globe, ribbed, beefsteak, pear, and oxheart; and then various color groups are discussed, such as: white, yellow, orange, striped, black, and green. The full color photos are all very tastfully done by Victor Schrager, many of them masterpieces of art, which make it so easy to enjoy this book. The last chapter is full of tomato recipes: Gazpacho, stuffed tomatoes, tomato sauces, butter, tomato bread, salsa, fried green tomatoes, tomato chips, chutney, pickles, ketchup, tomato cocktail, and many more.
I bought my heirloom seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, [...], but there are also additional seed sources available in the back of the book. You will not be disappointed with this book.
It will be difficult to find another book on heirloom tomatoes with so much information. Amazon also sells it cheaper than I could find anywhere else.
Heirloom TomatoesJan 30, 2010
With tomato season looming, I bought book as a gift for my husband, who loves to garden. He was very pleased to get such a beautiful, informative guide to heirloom tomatoes.
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 Not totally satisfiedNov 02, 2009
Although the author is quite knowledgeable on this subject of Heirloom tomatoes, I felt there were more illustration then information. I would have liked to seen more information on the growing and needs of each verity, also the particular zones that would be specific to those verities in this volume. Nice glossy photos with limited information.
Great Book for Tomato LoversOct 27, 2009
The Heirloom Tomato is a great book for tomato lovers be they a gardner or just someone who loves to eat these red teasures. Amy Goldman does an exceptional job covering what you would expect regarding the selection, planting and growing of these summer pleasures with an added surprise of providing you with some very good tomato tips for uses and recipies. It is a book you will enjoy leaving out to browse through the pictures, stories and tastes of what she calls the "worlds most beautiful fruit". You will enjoy it when the harvest season is past and your thinking about these summer pleaures of next season. Enjoy with a little salt and pepper on the side.
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