August 29th, 2012 by Catherine Meng
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We hit the Derby Street 63rd & Adeline Market yesterday to check in with some of our favorite tomato farmers and find out how the season is progressing.
Last time we’d checked in, things were off to a slower and cooler start than expected which led to our decision to reschedule this year’s Tomato Dinners for mid-September. This time around, we found an eye-popping barrage…
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August 7th, 2012 by Catherine Meng
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Gearing up for this year’s Tomato Dinners (originally scheduled for the end of August) we started asking our farmers about how the season was progressing and what we kept hearing back was, actually tomatoes weren’t happening…yet.
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September 12th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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The second of two dinners to celebrate the range of the 2011 tomato season. This is Oliveto’s 22nd annual Tomato Dinner. Tuesday, Sept. 13 – Friday, Sept. 16…
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September 7th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Yesterday at the Derby Street Farmers Market, Dirty Girl Produce’s Early Girl tomatoes completely SOLD OUT. There was this beautiful, jewel-like mound of them…and then in the blink of an eye they were gone. Thankfully, we’re planning well enough ahead to make sure we’ve got some for next week’s Late-Season Tomato Dinners (Sept. 13-16). One of the first confirmed menu items…
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August 19th, 2011 by Chef Rhodehamel
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Menu for Early-Season Tomato Dinners 2011. Tuesday, August 23rd through Friday, August 26th.
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August 9th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Chef Jonah Rhodehamel takes us on a tour of the first tomatoes we’ve received from our friend Fred Hempel at Baia Nicchia Farm in Sunol, CA….
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August 1st, 2011 by Bob Klein
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We hit up the Derby Street Market last Tuesday with our favorite produce guy, Bill Fujimoto.
We checked in with Full Belly, Lucero, and…
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March 9th, 2011 by Catherine Meng
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Last Saturday’s cold snap in the Bay Area affected Brookside Farm in a completely unexpected way. For the past couple of years, we’ve been ordering our tomato seedlings exclusively from Kassenhoff Growers, located in Oakland. The owner/operators have been our friends for many years, and…
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August 23rd, 2010 by Catherine Meng
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We got some solid information from Bill about this year’s weird weather and how it has effected tomato crops in northern California.
In the hopes of things heating up in time for a late-late summer ripening, we’ve pushed back the dates for the 2010 Tomato Dinners to…
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July 27th, 2010 by Catherine Meng
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This year, because the rainy season went so long, we’ve pushed the dates for the 2010 Tomato Dinners back to September 15 – 19 and are watching and waiting. Recently, we’ve seen the first few cherry tomatoes and…
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