This summer, I boarded a plane for Naples to learn all about one of Italy’s most famous products: the DOP San Marzano tomato. Even though I have been cooking with what are arguably the most famous ...

Canned tomatoes are incredibly versatile in the kitchen, but if you're having lackluster results, you might be making one of ...

You say to-may-to, he says to-mah-to. I say San Marzano. San Marzano tomatoes are, not to put too fine a point on it, simply the best sauce tomatoes in the world. Better than any other canned tomato.

I am always intrigued when someone tells me that they grew the most prolific crop of San Marzano tomatoes and I want to let their enthusiasm down slowly when I tell them that no, they did not grow San ...

Admit it: you've probably already done it. Tasting your tomato sauce a little too acidic, you added "just a spoonful of sugar ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. I was browsing the pasta selection at Surfas in Culver City and couldn’t ...

Like any uncomplicated dish, the humble meatball can be screwed up in many ways. It can be denser than Glenn Beck and be a meat anchor. It can be stuffed with so much breading that it’s a starchball.

Years ago, when I first visited the city of Pompeii, famously preserved in volcanic ash in 79 B.C. by the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius, I could not help but be impressed by two things: the ...