The Heirloom Tomato

Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit by Amy Goldman, photographs by Victor Schrager

Cooking Collection - Upper Level – 641.65642 G

Here's another gorgeous book for all the foodies out there! It is filled with recipes that sound great (like "Green Tomato and Currant Chutney"), and gorgeous color pictures as well. Every possible variety of tomato is profiled in the first half with full-color photos. The photos aren't just pictures of tomatoes, though; they are artfully designed so that the light shines perfectly on the tomatoes, with pretty dishes and pedastals and interesting backgrounds. This is as much an art book as it is an exhaustive history and portrait of tomatoes. There is a listing of seed sources at the back of the book. Stunning, mouthwatering, and practical all at once!