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The 10.0 Brix Tomato Challenge
Emmett Watson The late Emmett Watson, long time columnist and Seattle culture chronicler for the Seattle P-I and then the Seattle Times, railed until his death against the inadequacy of local tomatoes....
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An update on the 10.0 Brix Tomato Challenge
The 10 Brix Tomato Challenge is dedicated to the late Emmett Watson who wished for a great Pacific Northwest-grown tomato. The idea is see if there is something to learn about growing tomatoes for...
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Congratulations Grouse Mountain Farms On 8.2 Brix Tomato, Winner of the 2010...
Grouse Mountain Farm's 8.2 Brix German Red Strawberry Tomato In the worst summer in 30 years to grow tomatoes, we didn’t turn up a 10.0 Brix tomato in our 10.0 Brix Tomato Challenge but we did land an...
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Rainier Cherries
Nothing says summer as much as stone fruit. I’m an arch-locavore but my much-anticipated first taste of stone fruit isn’t local. No apologies. Al and Becky Courchesne at Frog Hollow Farms in Brentwood...
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Julia’s Birthday Peaches
I had the privilege of working with Julia Child on her “Dinner at Julia’s” PBS series in 1983 and had kept in touch right up until the end. She was intrigued with the esoteric information I had about...
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