tomato – Not Eating Out in New York

24 Sep 2019

Curried White Beans and Kale with Cherry Tomatoes

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Beans, gluten-free, Grains, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 20

Beans, greens and grains: Remember this formula, and you will be fed for a lifetime in a very healthy, inexpensive and earth-friendly way. And it’ll never get old. You simply cannot exhaust the shapes, sizes and varieties of beans, grains and green vegetables alone (but have fun geeking out over heirloom beans and trying!). And there’s no limit to how you can prepare these—from black beans and rice to daal to minestrone, to new creations that are somewhere in between these various classics of … Read More

21 Sep 2017

Chicken and Lime Soup with Corn and Poblano Peppers

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Meat & Poultry, Recipes, Soups & Stews | 29

I had an earth-shattering sopa de lima (lime soup) a couple years ago in the Yucatan Peninsula, near Tulum. My friends and I had just swam in a cenote, an underground sinkhole created by the natural collapse of limestone bedrock. After emerging from what felt like a scene in Fraggle Rock, we looked for lunch nearby, and came to a small roadside restaurant. Having not consulted any guidebook or website, we didn’t have any grand expectations when we sat down at a … Read More

24 Aug 2017

Fried Shrimp with Corn, Tomatoes and Okra

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, Seafood | 18

It’s the season of no recipes needed. In winter, we might pore over splatter-pocked cookbooks, braising a stew or simmering a ragu just the right way. In the summer, things get a lot more loosey-goosey: we unsheathe the barbecue, dig into dirt, invent salads from overflowing refrigerator crispers and lounge around barefoot catching seafood, perhaps. All this fun and the peak quality of seasonal ingredients leads to a quick and effortless cooking session, if you can even call it that.

22 Mar 2017

Spicy and Sour Tomato Lentil Soup (Rasam)

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Beans, gluten-free, Recipes, Soups & Stews, vegetarian | 7

This week marks the publication of my friend Chitra‘s cookbook, Vibrant India. If you’ve been reading this blog a while—or if you just like home cooking as much as I do—you may have found that cheap, healthful, and seasonal are some essential beacons to guide everyday recipes. And Chitra’s home cooking—and, hence, her cookbook—have these traits in spades.

3 Jun 2015

Chicken Salad with Tomato and Artichoke

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Meat & Poultry, Recipes | 2

Sometimes you just need that combination of cool refreshment and savory satisfaction. I think that’s when chicken salad comes in handy. It’s a casual summer treat, but it usually only comes about once you’ve had your fill of both types of extremes—too many cold, vegetable-based meals one day, and a whip-cracking, bulldozing heavy meal with meats or poultry another. I guess what I’m saying is that leftover, roasted chicken salad with crisp vegetables in a sandwich is that perfect yin-yang of summertime eating.

5 Jan 2015

Tomato Bisque with Coconut Milk

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, Soups & Stews, vegan, vegetarian | 4

What a chilly, rainy start to 2015 in New York. Yesterday found me stomping through the city in a sleeping bag-esque coat that collected flurries, hail, and splatters of freezing rain like moths around a flame. Alright, I guess the precipitation hit everyone else on the streets, too. But my fate seemed sealed toward making tomato soup when I got home–perhaps with toast, or grilled cheese.

19 Aug 2014

Fresh Tomato and Smoked Salmon Salad

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, Seafood, Sides & Salads | 3

Do you ever edit yourself, after something’s been said and done? After you’ve cleaned off a meal that you enjoyed to its fullest, then start believing that it wasn’t all that it could be? I have this compulsive habit sometimes, and right now I’m really wishing that I’d scattered crisp red onion across this dish, like slivers of orchid petals. And maybe pinched speckles of Maldon sea salt and black pepper on top of those tomatoes and lettuces, and–eh… it … Read More

22 May 2014

Spiced Tomato Omelet

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Breakfast & Eggs, gluten-free, Recipes, vegetarian | 1

Do you have a lot of curious condiments lurking in the fridge? Like a strange bedfellow that you had a one-night stand with, but for whatever reason, life moved on, and you don’t feel the need to connect? Maybe it’s that Thai green curry paste that you thought was exciting and adventurous, but has since dried up and gone stale. Maybe it’s a bottle of salad dressing that you once genuinely loved, for a time, which is now squarely in … Read More

12 Feb 2014

Cannellini Stewed with Tomatoes and Pancetta

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Beans, gluten-free, Recipes, Soups & Stews | 7

It’s more filling than a mere tomato sauce, but just as easy to make. I like to make versatile dishes in the winter; things that can keep well in the fridge, and keep on playing new roles well, too, albeit of a similar character. It’s not the Meryl Streep of foods, I guess: this bean and pancetta-studded tomato sauce wouldn’t exactly make a drastic turn in, say, Vietnamese cuisine. But it does wear many hats quite deliciously keeping within a … Read More

22 Oct 2013

Soba Noodles with Tomato and Cilantro Vinaigrette

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Pasta & Noodles, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 7

One great misconception about Asian food is that there isn’t much use of tomatoes. In everyday Chinese cooking, for example, there are tomatoes: in scrambled eggs (which is exactly the way it sounds), in eggdrop soup (as soft, vibrant wedges), and as a base for sauces (like a stir-fry of shrimp). Well, I can think of one space where tomatoes don’t factor in too much in Asian food: noodles. And that happens to be where we encounter tomatoes in Western, … Read More