More great umami — hydroponic tomatoes

These excellent  tomatoes, an outsize cherry, the same size as the popular Camparis, come from Quebec.They taste crisp, juicy and fresh. The beauty of hydroponic growing is that the grower can adjust the taste and in Quebec, they add salt to the water.  $3.99 at Whole Foods

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About Gina Mallet

Gina Mallet is the author of Last Chance to Eat, The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World, which won the 2005 James Beard Award for writing on food, an account of the lost world of eating. She is a former theatre critic, and now the restaurant critic for the National Post of Canada.
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