If you’ve ever aspired to make homemade tomato sauce, you’ve likely hesitated because of the assumption that it will take a whole day of laboring over a simmering pot to complete. Tomato passata is ...

A lifetime ago, my husband and I took our children to Tuscany. It was a magical trip, save for the evening when I used my rudimentary Italian to order beef. A large bowl of beef intestines was ...

There's a better tomato sauce—and it's been hiding in plain sight. Passata, Italy's go-to smooth tomato purée, has slowly but steadily made its way into mainstream American grocery stores over the ...

If you have a good can of tomatoes or a bottle of passata, it's a good time to make tomato sauce regardless of the season. It's way better than any jarred sauce at the store. Until you've made it at ...

Optional: 1 bulb of garlic, cloves peeled and left whole, handful of fresh basil or oregano leaves. Preheat the oven to 160°C (fan 140ºC). Arrange the chopped tomatoes, and garlic and herbs if using, ...

Like any Italian-American with a trained affinity for tomatoes, Labor Day doesn’t just signal the end of summer. Much more dire: It’s the last call for summer tomatoes. Those ripe, tangy-sweet ...