by Stan Santos
Clicking on a tile in the mosaic below will bring up a slideshow of high-resolution photographs. Enjoy the pix.
Categories: American cuisine, farmers' markets, food, food photography, Italian food, summer • Tags: American cuisine, California, farmers' markets, food photography, Italian food, San Francisco, summer, tomatoes
by Stan Santos
Who doesn’t love tomatoes? They’re amazing when they’re in season…and that time is now. Depending on where you live, they’re on their way out and they won’t reappear for another year. I like them served as plainly as possible, because you really don’t need to do a whole heck of a lot to enjoy them. An ice-cold tomato sliced into wedges and sprinkled with salt and pepper is one of summer’s greatest pleasures. The same goes for bruschetta, where slices […]
Categories: American cuisine, California, farmer's market, farmers' markets, Ferry Building, food, food photography, Italian food, San Francisco, summer • Tags: Early Girl tomatoes, farmers' markets, Ferry Building, food photography, heirloom tomatoes, San Francisco, summer, tomatoes
by Stan Santos
It’s the height of tomato season here in New York City. One standby that I almost always seem to resort to when I just don’t feel like cooking is salsa di pomodoro, otherwise known as “uncooked tomato sauce”. There are different ways to make this sauce, but for any of them to really work, you need ingredients that are at their peak of freshness and flavor. This is especially true of sauces that have five or less ingredients, not counting […]
Categories: food, food photography, Italian food, summer, Union Square Greenmarket, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: food photography, Italian food, pasta, summer, tomatoes, Union Square Greenmarket, vegan, vegetarian
by Stan Santos
If there’s a dish that really epitomizes the height of summer, it’s ratatouille. Wikipedia tells us that it’s a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice, and that the full name of the dish is ratatouille niçoise. Tomatoes are a key ingredient, with garlic, onions, courgette (zucchini), aubergine (eggplant), bell peppers, marjoram and basil, or bay leaf and thyme, or a mix of green herbs like herbes de Provence. There are many recipes for ratatouille. The best known […]
Categories: Alice Waters, food, food photography, French food, recipe, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: Alice Waters, eggplant, food photography, French food, Julia Child, peppers, summer, tomatoes, vegan, vegetarian
by Stan Santos
As you can probably imagine, tomatoes are my favorite vegetable. Right now, my farmers’ markets are inundated with them: beefsteak tomatoes, Jersey tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, San Marzano tomatoes and Sungold cherry tomatoes, amongst other kinds. It’s a virtual orgy of tomatoes. “Enjoy them while they last”, I tell my friends. In one short month, they’ll be gone until next year. As usual, clicking on any of the tiles in the mosaic below will bring up a slideshow of photographs.
Categories: American cuisine, autumn, food, food photography, summer, Union Square Greenmarket, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: American cuisine, autumn, farmers' markets, food photography, summer, tomatoes, Union Square Greenmarket, vegan, vegetarian
by Stan Santos
On Facebook, someone mentioned how the style of my cooking so often can be tracked to old-time Italian country cooking. At the time the recession of 2008 hit, I started to eat less meat because of how much it cost. At the same time, I also made a change in how I cooked. Practically everything I make follows a strictly seasonal pattern since I buy produce from my farmers’ market all year round. Another reason is that shortly after I […]
Categories: cooking, food, food photography, Gluten-Free, Italian food, photography, recipe, summer, vegan • Tags: cooking, food photography, gluten-free, green beans, Italian food, Mark Bittman, recession, summer, tomatoes, vegan
by Stan Santos
If you had told me a while ago that I’d be dating someone long-distance, I’d have probably laughed in your face. Fast forward to 2013. It’s been a little over four months for me. My boyfriend, let’s call him “B” for now, lives in San Francisco and I live in New York City. We met online in early May, then face-to-face the weekend before Memorial Day. It was literally love at first sight, and we’ve been together ever since. That […]
Categories: autumn, cooking, food, food photography, Gluten-Free, LGBT, New York City, recipe • Tags: autumn, food photography, gluten-free, Italian food, LGBT, New York City, ricotta, tomatoes, veal
by Stan Santos
Zucchini “Pasta”, with Uncooked Tomato Sauce It’s not real pasta of course, hence the quotation marks. Zucchini “pasta” — Shave a medium-sized zucchini paper-thin with a vegetable peeler, then simmer in lightly salted water for 15 seconds. Lift out with a slotted spoon, then blanch the zucchini immediately in a bowl of ice water; drain. Squeeze out any excess water with paper towels. If you don’t do either of these steps, the zucchini will either be overcooked mush (remember that […]
Categories: food, food photography, Gluten-Free, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: amuse-bouche, food photography, gluten-free, preserved lemon, summer, tomatoes, vegan, zucchini
by Stan Santos
When you have tomatoes that are at the peak of their flavor, you’ll want to treat them as simply as possible. That means: preparations like panzanella, as an uncooked pasta sauce or in a quick confit. In this way, you’ll be able to savor their sun-tinged sweetness, which in some cases, can substitute for candy. Preserved lemons are whole lemons that are immersed in lemon juice and a healthy amount of salt, sealed in a jar and left to sit […]
Categories: American cuisine, food, food photography, Gluten-Free, summer, vegan • Tags: American cuisine, appetizer, food photography, gluten-free, lemon, olives, summer, tomatoes, vegan
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