Despite being summer’s most misunderstood fruit, tomatoes are enjoying their time under the produce spotlight. The bulbous cultivars are a common sight at local farmer’s markets, outdoor vendors and ...

Question: My Cherokee Purple tomato variety is flowering but not setting fruit. Is fruiting time over due to the heat? Answer: Yes, heat has put a damper on the fruiting of most tomato varieties.

August means one thing: tomatoes. At other times of the year, you might find me buying tomatoes in the supermarket, but in late summer, that is culinary sacrilege. Long Island’s farmers markets are ...

Without question, Madeline — a graduate student at Portland State’s School of Architecture in her real life — is into tomatoes more than anyone I know. What began as a wise way to generate food during ...