Everything You Can Do With Fresh Summer Tomatoes

Hit the farmers market No Images? [Click here]( [Serious Eats]( It's Time for Fresh, Ripe Summer Tomatoes It's not an exaggeration to say that for much of the year, fresh tomatoes aren't even worth buying. Out of season, almost all fresh tomatoes are bland, mealy, and watery—which is why we recommend using canned tomatoes for our winter soups and stews. But come summer, it's a completely different story: You can find beautiful ripe, flavorful tomatoes at farmers markets everywhere you go. Here's what to do with them. [Fried Caprese Bombs]( [T]([he Best Fresh Tomato Sauce]( [E]([asy Gazpacho]( [Seared Skirt Steak With Blistered Cherry Tomatoes and Polenta]( [More fresh tomato recipes right this way →]( Tips, tricks, and techniques [How to Store Tomatoes (and Whether to Refrigerate Them)]( Should tomatoes be refrigerated? The answer isn't as straightforward as you might think. The Best Ways to Peel and Dice Tomatoe]([s]( Faster and more energy-efficient than the old "score an X in the bottom and blanch them" method. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](