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How To Make Flavorless Store-Bought Tomatoes Stand Out, According To Ina Garten By Dennis Lee Aug. 26, 2025 8:20 pm EST

If you've ever bought a massive amount of plum tomatoes on monster sale at the grocery store (some offers are just too good to pass up), you may come home to find that they were on sale for a reason. They're mealy, mild, and frankly, nearly useless.

But kitchen expert Ina Garten has a suggestion to help you out, and it's a pretty easy one. In a Substack newsletter, Garten shared a game-changing tomato cooking method. "You roast them at a high temperature with a little olive oil and good balsamic vinegar," she wrote. "The sugars caramelize, and the tomatoes become incredibly delicious. It's about how to get the most flavor out of simple ingred

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