Italian chef Tony Minichello sparked my interest in the San Marzano. He raved about them, cooked with them and gave me a sample. That taste was remarkable, like finding a treasure in a sunken ship. Many say Italian tomatoes are considered some of the best in the world. In Campania near Naples the soil...
Three thousand years ago the English called it “cowcumber”. Charlemagne grew them in his 9th century french garden. I grow them in my Sacramento, California garden and call them cucks. I never thought I’d make soup out of cucumbers. When I was a kid, we had tomato cucumber salad with olive oil and red...
