Then while dining at one of our favorite lunch spots in Des Moines, I had a perfectly paired grilled cheese with smeared with savory tomato jam. I nearly fell out of my seat. While we had been eating tomatoes on everything, nothing I made tasted this beautifully intense. I had to figure out how to make it, and keep it on hand all year round, botulism be dammed. Thus my foolproof recipe for Tomato Jam was born.
Read MoreOur cucumbers are truly out of control. Vines scaling our chicken wire fence at an alarming rate, sending tendrils of connection our every whichaway. Their vibrant yellow blooms have given way to oblong alligator -skinned fruit that hangs heavy, from limp vines. Summer’s fullest bloom is upon us.
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