Black cherry tomatoes

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1. How beautiful!

   I know what you mean about the kitchen turning into a tomato house. Between the six varieties I have in my garden, the tomatoes that come in my CSA share, and the beauties I can’t resist at the farmer’s market, I’m overrun. I snack on them all day long, and I make panzanella of some sort for dinner multiple nights a week.

   Comment by Rena — On September, 4th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

2. Really great looking tomatoes. We’ve never heard of black cherry tomatoes before. Just received a delivery of farm raised cherry and heirlooms, so yes to all the tomatoes!

   Comment by The Duo Dishes — On September, 4th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

3. There is tomato fever…well I guess this is the time for it. I spent yesterday roasting a whole tray of snack tomatoes, and today making a chicken caprese millefeuille! Delicious

   Comment by Kitchen Butterfly — On September, 4th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

4. These tomatoes are beauties! When I pick cherry tomatoes from my own garden, it’s hard not to snack! They are sooo good, warmed by the sun.

   Comment by valérie-jeanne — On September, 4th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

5. I love coming to your site and finding these delicious photos. I was just at the farmers market myself and got yellow tomatoes and red cherry tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes are super sweet and I ate about half of them on my way home.

   Comment by beyond — On September, 4th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

6. really beautiful these tomatoes! unfortunately I never saw this kind of vegs in my towns market… or in Italy at all!! I must do some research!
   See you soon

   Comment by chiara.u — On September, 4th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

7. Oh comme je suis jalouse de toutes ces belles tomates !
   Bon week-end à toi aussi !

   Comment by Vanille — On September, 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

8. Oh Bea, now I desperately want to try these tomatoes. This year I’ve fallen madly for the Green Zebra tomato (not to be confused with Striped Zebra, which are rather lackluster in comparison.) They’re striped with pale gold and tartly delicious. I wish I had planted more of them, but next year I’ll definitely do that. I’ll also look for these, both at the farmers market tomorrow and at the garden center next spring.

   Comment by Kalyn — On September, 4th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

9. Thankfully I’m on the west coast this weekend where the tomatoes are just obscenely good. The little orange cherry tomatoes are particularly special, but I do believe that your black cherry tomatoes are a good deal sexier!

   Comment by Laura [What I Like] — On September, 4th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

10. Gorgeous! I can’t wait for some cooler days in about a month or so when our tomato plant starts to really kick in. This summer it’s been 1-2 tomatoes at a time!

    Comment by Tartelette — On September, 4th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

11. Those are gorgeous! Can’t wait to hear about you tomato eating exploits!

    Comment by Fuji Mama — On September, 4th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

12. I wish we have those here..

    Comment by peachkins — On September, 5th, 2009 at 12:51 am

13. so cute tomato, just like a little bomb (:

    Comment by YOYO love cooking — On September, 5th, 2009 at 3:57 am

14. Those are simply stunning! Makes my little babies pale in comparison:
    http://www.eatlivetravelwrite.com/2009/09/blt-update.html

    Comment by eatlivetravelwrite — On September, 5th, 2009 at 9:23 am

15. Merci de nous faire partager cette précieuse découverte
    Excellent we

    Comment by Kalice — On September, 5th, 2009 at 9:25 am

16. Jewels indeed, those are beautiful. What do they taste like? Are they sweet or acidic? We grew Sun Golds this year (yellow-orange cherry tomatoes) and only a few made it into the house – the rest were eaten straight off the vine. Very thin skinned, with an intensely honeyed flesh. Enjoy your weekend!

    Comment by tara — On September, 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am

17. Gorgeous tomatoes. We have a similar one here – a Cherokee purple which is really purple with a rich, fine wine taste.
    Sam

    Comment by My Carolina Kitchen — On September, 5th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

18. We’ve been enjoying the dry-farmed early girls, which have been delicious this year. They’re bigger than cherry tomatoes, about like a small plum. Really good! Been meaning to plant some of these black tomatoes, they look interesting.

    Comment by june2 — On September, 5th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

19. Very beautiful – and gem-like indeed. We are currently enamored with the Japanese Black Trifele tomato – medium-sized, pear shaped, mostly black shading to red near the stem. Super delicious, sweet but with a nice tomato-y flavor. Thanks for a lovely site. xxx

    Comment by Suzanne Mclean — On September, 5th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

20. Wow – I just stumbled upon your blog and I absolutely love it! Gorgeous and stunning photography. Subscribed & bookmarked =)

    Comment by Mowie @ Mowielicious — On September, 5th, 2009 at 4:20 pm

21. Oh, divine! I just discovered you via a bit of linking from other sites and I’m wondrously inspired. Your fig post? A dream. Your recipes? Can’t very well wait to try them.

    Shall we be blog friends?! I do hope so. I find you wondrous. And, so inspiring as compared to my recent round of super-sugar baking. I’m sooo ready for some back-to-fresh recipe making.

    Will return. Often! Keep up the beauty!

    Comment by ConversationsWithACupcake — On September, 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

22. They are lovely!

    Comment by Nathalie (Spacedlaw) — On September, 7th, 2009 at 3:03 am

23. I have never come across any black cherry tomatoes!

    Comment by Mrs Ergül — On September, 7th, 2009 at 3:55 am

24. Wow I hadn’t realised there were so many cool varieties of tomatoes! Sound yummy!!! Will have to try and find some exciting ones at a good farmer’s market. thanks for the post!

    Comment by Mmm-mmm-Miranda — On September, 7th, 2009 at 9:24 am

25. I haven’t got thé chance to taste them yet! They look really fabulous! I’ve chosen m’y camera. Thanks for your advice : d90

    Comment by Atelier Oceane — On September, 7th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

26. I love tomatoes. I saw this in Granville Market in Vancouver, I should have bought some this must be really tasty and sweet. So much for that.

    Comment by Chowhound — On September, 7th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

27. We have such tomatoes in our garden in Toulouse….they are juste delicious!!
    There are big black tomatoes as well…perferct for tomatoes “tarte tatin”…

    Comment by Marionette — On September, 7th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

28. hey, these are great cherry tomatoes, aren’t they? i have a black cherry tomato plant on my balcony and it’s been producing a lot of beautiful and delicious tomatoes. i actually only managed to use them for cooking only twice – usually i just pick them from the plant and eat them straight. too yummy to wait!

    Comment by Wenke — On September, 7th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

29. Loving the tomatoes…and these ones are truly gorgeous! What a find! We don’t have these lovely black ones here…

    Comment by joey — On September, 8th, 2009 at 4:28 am

30. ici aussi c’est l’été indien et on regrette déjà que la saison des tomates ne soit pas plus longue!

    Comment by frichtidelasouris — On September, 8th, 2009 at 4:52 am

31. I too have a house full of tomatoes. I’m definitely not ready for apples…

    Comment by El — On September, 8th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

32. Have you ever tried tomatoes with a bit of sugar?? It’s an amazing dessert-y type treat. I love it.

    Comment by Foodhogger — On September, 8th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

33. Kimball Fruit Farm, I presume? If so, I got some of those last week – so lovely, and delicious. Every tomato I have brought home from them has been stellar.

    Comment by Jennifer Hess — On September, 8th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

34. wow, stunning shots! so simple but effective. can’t wait to see more

    Comment by Peter Bagi — On September, 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

35. I love discovering new tomatoes. My favorite new discovery this year is the green zebra tomato which I used in this pasta dish. It was so intensely flavorful!

    Comment by Hillary — On September, 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

36. I love tomatoes, and really need to get out of AZ. We have so few farmers markets here, and seldom get wonderful tomatoes. I miss them SO much. Am trying to make my escape plans right now. (I’d love to go back to the Pacific Northwest. Believe it or not, we got wonderful tomatoes there.) If not the PNW, then, Georgia, here I come!

    Comment by Carolina — On September, 12th, 2009 at 1:04 am

37. Well they were tasty. And yes, from Kimball Fruit Farm indeed They weren’t the sweetest I’ve had but I loved the thick skin that gave them a crunch.

    Thank you everyone!

    Comment by Béa — On September, 13th, 2009 at 6:58 am

38. Um, this is my first time over here, but I just have to tell you: these photos are INSANE. So incredibly gorgeous! I can’t get over it!

    Comment by Shannalee — On September, 13th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

39. I have never seen a cherry tomato like that! Isn’t that the great thing about vegetables? There is always one you haven’t tried!

    Comment by Weekend Carnivore — On September, 18th, 2009 at 11:38 am

40. j’ai découvert ces petites tomates en Toscane la 1ere fois il y a 2 ans. Je dévalise les étaux quand je les voies. Je les adore et comme toi je les mange en snack. J’adore leur belle couleur violette quand tu les ouvres. Croquantes et avec une légère note sucrée…dommage la saison est dejà finie!

    Comment by lauresophie — On September, 24th, 2009 at 8:48 am

41. Hello! black cherry tomatoes- so very interesting, I have never heard of them before. Here in south africa, roma, rosa, piccolo, and baby vine tomatoes (both yellow and red varieties) are commonly available, but i have yet to see black cherry tomatoes at the local organic markets or supermarkets. If there are any fellow south africans on the site, and you are aware of where to find these black cherry tomatoes, please let me know!
    thanks!

    Comment by Asmita Parshotam — On September, 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

42. Black Cherries are in the running for my all-time favorite tomato. They’re great straight, but roasting brings out a whole new smoky sweetness. My plants produced very well this year; next year I’m putting in twice as many, because I’m utterly in love with them. The seeds I started came from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (www.rareseeds.com) and had excellent germination rates.

    Comment by Propagatrix — On October, 2nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm

43. I have never been a big fan of tomatoes until last year a vendor at a local farmers market I was working had me try some dark tomatoes and these black cherries were one of them, I love them! This year I am growing black cherry, black from tula and carbon tomato. I can’t wait. Great picture and great blog, glad I found this site.

    Comment by Rob — On March, 13th, 2010 at 12:48 am

44. I’ve never heard of black cherry tomatoes. Sounds exotic!
    I adore common tomatoes but like to explore new foods and
    recipes too.

    Comment by Thomas — On July, 4th, 2010 at 9:01 am

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