Martha Holmberg is a food writer who has authored or co-authored nine cookbooks. Modern Sauces was a James Beard Award finalist. Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables, written with chef Joshua McFadden, won the James Beard Award, and Grains for Every Season, also with McFadden, was a James Beard Award finalist. Holmberg was the editor in chief of Fine Cooking magazine for a decade, the food editor of The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon, and the founder of MIX magazine. She studied cooking at La Varenne in Paris, where she worked for several years as a private chef. Holmberg lives in Spokane, Washington. Follow her on Instagram @marthaholmberg.
If, like Martha, you get 'a ripple of joy when you hold a ripe tomato,' then you'll get a tidal wave of glee when you cook from this book. Whether it's the Upgraded Nicoise Salad with Roasted Tomatoes and Deviled Eggs or the Seafood and Tomato Soup, there's a surprise in each recipe and so much delight in the collection. You don't have to have a tomato patch to cook the recipes, but their allure just might make you want to dig up some dirt and start a garden. -Dorie Greenspan, New York Times bestselling author of Baking with Dorie This book is as delightful as its subject matter(if not more so!). I did not know I could love tomatoes more until Martha showed me how. She perfectly masters transforming a simple ingredient into the unexpected in this delightful and whimsical book. -Justine Doiron of @Justine_Snacks Martha teaches us how to pick the perfect tomatoes and turn them into dishes you'll be dying to eat-soups and salads, of course, but also hand pies, gratins, tarts, and more. -Joshua McFadden, author of Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables and Grains for Every Season