The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit
by Amy Goldman
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published
August 5th 2008
by Bloomsbury USA
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Hardcover, 272 pages
isbn
159691291X
(isbn13: 9781596912915)
description
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From the world-class garden of acclaimed food writer Amy Goldman, a gorgeously illustrated guide to the world’s most beautiful a
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Read in October, 2008
The seeds for the German Johnson Pink tomatoes I'm growing were brought to Iowa from Bremen, Germany in 1883 by Michael Ott. A year after his death, Ott's grandchildren founded the Seed Saver's Exchange in order to preserve heirloom variety seeds in the U.S. The German Johnson Pink became SSE's Tomato No. 1 out of a collection of nearly 6,000 tomatoes. Until The Heirloom Tomato, I was completely ignorant of the history I held in my hands when the seed packet was purchased last spring. Amy Goldma...more
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I liked this book...but I think that it makes a better coffee table book than actual guide to growing tomatoes since it has many pretty pictures and reads like a seed catalog. Otherwise, very interesting and informative, but the same information and pictures can be found on the internet. Interesting recipes as well.
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Read in May, 2009
so round, so firm, so fully packed. the best tomato porn.
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