Clever Food Blog » photo http://www.cleverfoodblog.com We all need to eat. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:46:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Yellow Cherry Tomatoes http://www.cleverfoodblog.com/2009/08/yellow-cherry-tomatoes/ http://www.cleverfoodblog.com/2009/08/yellow-cherry-tomatoes/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:10:26 +0000 Jason http://www.cleverfoodblog.com/?p=179 It’s Saturday.  I haven’t posted in a long time.  I have so many photos and ideas to share, but so many other things stealing my time.  In an attempt to appease you, here’s a photo of a bowl of delicious yellow cherry tomatoes from one of the new (her second week) producers at the Urbana Market at the Square (north end, row 3).  The woman at the booth told me she’s from Monticello, and now in retirement is farming a piece of land with her son.  She had a good selection of tomatoes available, and we picked up a selection.  One variety was green and striped.  It was firm-fleshed and had citrusy notes to it.  She also brought a dark red heirloom variety that delivered deep, delicious tomato flavor.  Finally, we picked up a basket of these yellow cherry tomatoes.  They were perfectly ripe and had the sweetness and acidity that only locally-grown tomatoes can fully deliver. Go support your local farmer and get something delicious.

UPDATE: I talked with her again today, 9/5 (while buying some beautiful tomatoes), and found she is doing business as “Ellen’s Melons” (and tomatoes and roots, and other stuff… I forget everything she mentioned).

Yellow Cherry Tomatoes

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