Tomato-based sauces are immensely satisfying projects that can be homegrown and homemade from start to finish. The beginnings of my first batch of pizza sauce started with 18 tomato plants we’d ...

This recipe for Easy Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce makes a delicious pasta sauce. It’s perfect for serving over noodles, turning into soup, or using in any recipe that calls for canned tomato sauce.

I’m not much for recipes—or at least not for actually following them. While I’m always excited to come across a new one, I’m also usually convinced that a few variations will improve whatever I’m ...

Tomatoes, even canned tomatoes, are full of water. As they cook gently, water evaporates and the natural sugars within the ...

There’s this romantic idea that a truly great homemade tomato sauce requires hours of gentle simmering to be even remotely noodle-worthy. If you want spaghetti and red sauce on a Wednesday night, well ...

Growing up in an Italian American family, there was nothing quite like the smell of homemade tomato sauce simmering on the stove on Sunday mornings—a tradition passed down from my grandma. She always ...

In the middle of a transcendent BLT, I felt the sadness coming on. It happens every year, around the end of summer. How, I worry, can I possibly make it through another winter bereft of the pleasures ...