Jersey Fields Tomato Sauce

by Melody Kettle


When you know where your food comes from, it just tastes better.

I recently had the pleasure of sampling our Garden State’s own Jersey Fields Tomato Sauce. Appropriately named, the Jersey born and bottled sauce is a product of the Farm-To-Table-Food Group, a local company that specializes in the production of sauces and salsa’s using only Jersey farm fresh produce. 

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Chef James Laird Honors The Jersey Tomato

by Melody Kettle


Tomato Watermelon Martini to be served at Tomato DinnerChefs and foodies, New Jersey and beyond, look forwardto that fine summer day when they could walk out into their garden and pick the first ripe tomato.   Few fruit are more delicious than a ripe, fresh, juicy, slightly sweet, somewhat acidic, sometimes mild, occasionally citric, umami rich, homegrown, vine-ripened, Jersey tomato.  The tomato, despite its savory nature, is classified as a fruit because it develops from the plant’s flowers, and grows to surround the seeds.
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