| 单词 | tomato |
| 例句 | Garland Farm followed simple logic: you plant tomato seeds, you get tomato plants. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I made the mistake of putting tomatoes on my sandwich, and they made the bread all soggy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Hello, Colonel. Colonel, he claims you gave him that plum tomato. Did you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Pickers were scattered among tomato plants that rose up from the tops of furrows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out a jar a Ida Peek’s cabbage and tomato, eat my last slice a leftover cornbread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now she’d have to pretend she was all filled up on tomato water while everyone else ordered $50 desserts and ate them around her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mini turned even redder, now looking like a tomato’s mutant cousin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The whole building smelled like garlic and tomato sauce. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Cherry tomatoes, sausage biscuits, the olives plucked from other people's martinis—he hides these things in strange places until they are rotten. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Here and there she managed to salvage a tomato, a handful of okra, a stunted yam. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was richly red with tomatoes, spicy with onions and garlic and laced with enough chilies to make his nose prickle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Corn is supposed to be knee-high by the Fourth of July,” Cory said from somewhere within the tomatoes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “We brought collard greens and fried green tomatoes, Mrs. Mills,” Hannah said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He takes a bite, and the tomato slips out of the plantain, but he scoops it up with his hand and shoves it into his mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Calamity followed Finn as he weeded and watered their puny half acre of new vegetables—asparagus, kale, onion, beans, carrots, spinach, beets, broccoli, tomatoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She takes a tomato from a pan in the sink and starts to peel it with a knife. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We used May’s tomato stakes and other bits of board we could find and we filled up May’s empty garden with Dreams and Thunderstorms and Fire and that bright white Spirit that was May herself. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “I had a burger, with ketchup and mustard and relish and a tomato and onion and French fries. And a black-and-white ice cream soda.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, Celeste brought out a tray with three bowls of tomato rice soup and a plate of saltines. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I ask Justin to find some potatoes, tomatoes, half an onion, and three eggs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you make a dean breast of it? We know you stole that plum tomato.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Was it always so, or did they multiply vastly, along with telephones and new shoes and transistor radios and cellophane-wrapped tomatoes, in our absence? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Umami is a savory taste. Think of excellent Chinese food, a steak, or a perfectly ripe tomato.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And all I see is barbed wire and an old tomato tin, blown by the wind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It arrived on an enormous wooden tray, scented and gleaming, with a sprig of parsley in its mouth and a carrot protruding from its rump, the whole reposing on a bed of tomatoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mamá Jacinta gives me a giant plate of beans, rice, and shredded beef tostadas covered with sour cream, lettuce, and chopped tomatoes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Here, she felt, anything could happen, a ripe tomato could burst out of solid stone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They passed the milk container around, and Dicey halved the tomatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She plants vegetable gardens rather than lawns; she carries the odd-shaped tomatoes home from the fields and eats food left for the gods. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His part of the deal was that if he saw or heard anyone mess with my tomatoes, he'd come at 'em full speed, holding the pitchfork. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On swollen legs they carried out dishes of lamb and rice, okra in tomato sauce, Greek salad, rice pudding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t know what you’re letting yourself in for,” blurted out Tucker Mouse through a mouthful of bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Burl and Lenny would come in and make tomato sandwiches, leaving greasy black fingerprints on everything they touched. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She fries this with mashed tomatoes into a thin red sauce for the manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A photograph of the kitchen sink showed three dirty dishes, each with little smudges of pizza grease and tomato sauce. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When I came here with my family as a child, we rode in a bus on that road and beyond, to Amity’s farms, where we spent the day picking tomatoes and sweating through our shirts. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She limped around the perimeter of the house, looking for a garden, some carrots she could dig from the earth, a tomato she could pluck from a vine, but these people didn’t keep a garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z If another got a half bushel of tomatoes or a dozen ears of corn, they ate them until they were gone too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all other gangs, they fought with their rivals, but as one member recalled, they were mostly “tomato fights, mud fights, and raids.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The soup he’s making smells delicious, a blend with onions, tomatoes, and spices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon the dinner carpet was full with trays of kebab, grilled onions and tomatoes, platters of fresh chives, green and purple basil, cilantro, radishes, and dill. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So he made me some sandwiches with white bread and tomatoes and lettuce and ham and strawberry jam for me to eat because I don’t like eating food from places I don’t know. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mushroom soup, bitter greens with tomatoes the size of peas, rare roast beef sliced as thin as paper, noodles in a green sauce, cheese that melts on your tongue served with sweet blue grapes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then he wagged his tail so hard that he knocked some oranges off a display, and they went rolling everywhere, mixing in with the tomatoes and onions and green peppers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I would have traded a week’s worth of rations just to have another pot of my mother’s delicious tomato soup. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he was picked up by a black foreman who worked on one of the large tomato farms owned by Philip Turner’s father and driven to the nearest house with a phone. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, I guess that’s what I’m saying. It’s not just one thing she did. It’s everything. Don’t tell me you never noticed. Remember a certain tomato?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Where should I start? Poet, philosopher, fisherman. My pop calls me a bum, but that’s elitist, don’t you think? I can split wood, spread mulch, pour beer and grow perfect tomatoes.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Could it have been the cucumber on the plane? The little scrap of tomato in your sandwich?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There were just a lot of vegetables rolling around on the floor, tomatoes and onions and green peppers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know that video you made of your mom, where she’s standing at a sink, washing tomatoes or something? It’s on your YouTube channel.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z How wonderful those tomatoes tasted after days of crackers and refried beans! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I don’t notice how I’m picking at the ham, lettuce, and tomatoes from the sandwich and pushing aside the thick bread and slices of cheese. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Normally, I would have scarfed down two with tomato soup. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I had plans to try growing eggplant along with my tomatoes this summer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He bent over his plate and poked at a slice of tomato with a thin, stubby finger. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “You like eggs and figs. And tomatoes. They were in our lunch. They grow outside.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I filled it With wet dirt, This upside-down turtle, This slaughterhouse For chiles and tomatoes, The thousand sheets of onion. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “How come after Mom died,” I ask, pushing the uneaten lettuce and cucumbers and tomatoes around my plate, “you gave up on starting your own landscaping business?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Al does not consider battered rotten tomatoes to be good ambassadors for the show, and I can’t say I blame him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Across the tomato field, and then across the next field, where young corn made a narrow path for them to follow, they ran. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can do what I want,” said Granddad, spearing the last tomato on his plate and popping it in his mouth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The menu was always the same: fried chicken, collard greens, potato salad, boiled okra, sliced tomatoes, corn bread, and chocolate or coconut cake. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Salma aunty chatters happily as she rolls her dough out like pizza, but instead of tomato sauce, she tops it with special butter called ghee. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Once, about a year ago, Amil found a strange tomato in the garden. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was tomato soup for lunch, coffee with skim milk because they were out of plain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Neil climbed into his car, and suddenly June came running with tomatoes in her hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gobstoppers, costing a penny each, were enormous hard round balls the size of small tomatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t this beautiful? I’m sure not many people have ripe tomatoes yet.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, they’re probably worrying about the first frost now and wondering if they should cover up their tomatoes,” my father said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he takes out mayonnaise that smells like garlic and starts slicing a tomato. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Rows and rows of fat red and orange tomatoes hung on our vines. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She sets plates of steaming scrambled cheese eggs, French toast, golden hash brown rounds, and fried green tomatoes on the table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “No, I mean, do you want help with those tomato plants?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It means not being able to buy a tomato in December. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z One would hold back the overgrowth, and the rest would reach in for tomatoes, wresting the fruit from the stems. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It worked for things like tomato rot, but not for much else. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I look at the carrots or tomatoes I’m cutting and try to remember the Quichua words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the first sound of shots, Charley Bloom set down a cup of Campbell’s tomato and rice soup and almost sobbed to Linda at the table across from him, “God help us now, it’s beginning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mini’s face turned as red as a tomato. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s like a tomato rice soup with chicken and lots of vegetables. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Here was the menu: smothered chicken, rice and gravy, butter beans, sliced tomatoes, biscuits, and candlelight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of a stew made with lamb, tomatoes, cream, and apricots. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you go out to the garden and pick some fresh tomatoes to go with our lunch?” she said, then waited till May was out the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know,” he said to his wife, "it really does look like a white tomato.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Even though I wasn’t craving any food except rice, I took a tomato so Susie wouldn’t feel like she was alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I study the tomato closely, drawing it in my mind. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Like he’s got a cherry tomato in there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Mom, next time can you put tomatoes in the salad?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Kaori has ham, lettuce, and tomato and cuts off all the crust. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z This is what happened: I walked into the produce section of the Winn-Dixie grocery store to pick out my two tomatoes and I almost bumped right into the store manager. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He passed the tomato field on his left, then entered the dark overhang of oak that would take him to Toomer’s bus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits at the table and Aunt Aggie gives him his supper, which is fried bread and ham and sliced tomatoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I see flaky crust with minced meat, onions, tomatoes, and lettuce. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I am pleased to see that August looks much as I do, which is to say like a battered rotten tomato. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She dressed “for work” in clothes that she changed out of the minute she came home, so that they wouldn’t get stained with oil, achiote, or tomato sauce. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then they all worked together, pushing or pulling weeds away from the tomato plants. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a great dinner, even if the burgers were dry and the potatoes were salty and the salad didn’t have any tomatoes because David had swiped them all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But everything seemed to be aromatic this hot night, even the tomato plants and lettuces. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Rafael says it looks like she dumped a pot of tomato sauce on her head.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “What do you want?” he says, as though he’s seen me before, as though battered rotten tomatoes walk through his door every day. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her ears wave forward, she pauses, and then she reaches for a tomato. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The things we grew best were pretty hardy: tomatoes, squash and carrots. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind the gate, safely within the seat of the Vatican, they let Pedro Tercero out from under a mountain of lettuce leaves and bruised tomatoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue diesel smoke fills the air as women gather to cook eggplant and canned tomatoes and rice. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Man, I can’t believe it! We just had a chance to get a bagful of free food and all we took was some stupid milk, a loaf of bread and a can of tomato sauce!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Who knew there were this many varieties of tomato? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I liked tomatoes, especially the little ones, but I didn’t want to be called one. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “We’re not too far from New Jersey. There are amazing tomatoes there!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Nice quiet ladies clawed one another over a can of tomatoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mama, why don’t you stop working? You don’t have to work anymore. Do you? Do you really have to work like that? Scabbing in the tomato fields?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “And speaking of soup, which one did she want? The fire-roasted tomato or the lobster one?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z That was the day she was working tomatoes on the black iron range, and her kitchen was hot enough to steam the calendars off the wall. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Two copies for a can of tomatoes and a spitfire.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z One of the helpers, a stout Italian woman named Connie, cut up bread and tomatoes and brought containers of chicken salad, hummus, and tabouli. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We were putting out seedlings in her kitchen garden, and I nearly planted two tomatoes in the same hole together as she told me the story. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z "But look,” she said, "I left these tomatoes on the windowsill, and they’re white too. And this squash I left in the bowl on the table.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “What are you doing with that plum tomato, Chaplain?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The building across from ours was three stories high, crisscrossed by iron stairs with narrow landings on which people grew tomatoes and geraniums in clay pots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When some chicks would be walking by and see me there and say "Looking fine," I knew they meant me but I'd point to my biggest tomato and say back "Sure is." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaned and turned the tomato plants on the sill. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z May sang the song in the kitchen when she rolled dough or sliced tomatoes, and August hummed it when she pasted labels on the honey jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re always such a disappointment, Augustus. Couldn’t you have at least gotten orange tomatoes?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Kuda cried, and he hurled the tomato straight at the butler robot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I walked along the edge of our farm, past the beans and peas to the corn and the watermelons across from them, until I got to the tomatoes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “So does he. And why does he talk so funny? Doesn’t he mean squashed tomato?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They ate mealie porridge, called sadza, with tomato, onion, and chili sauce; boiled pumpkin leaves; and okra with peanut butter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He gawked at me when he saw my name — not an encouraging response — and of course I flushed tomato red. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z His nose looked like a squashed tomato from our fight on the Williamsburg Bridge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Rhea held out a bottle of Classico tomato sauce and talked about the meanings attached to various kinds of containers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “There’ve been stories that she has hair the color of a tomato. Others said she had no hair at all.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was around this time that June and Neil started a first-class fight out there in the tomato garden. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of us had a huge square of lasagna that oozed melted cheese and tomato sauce. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She looked past him and saw their grandmother standing to hold the porch door open for James, who struggled up the steps with a basket of tomatoes in his arms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Cake and bows must be nice, but is anything better than a perfect tomato? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the edge of the garden in a cold frame the tomato and bell pepper and cabbage sets were nearly ready for transplanting, waiting only for the passing of the frost danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “They’re my favorites. Lauren likes the tomatoes best, because there are so many of them, but the string beans remind me of summer.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It feels stupid to be jealous of a tomato, but sometimes I think Dad likes them more than he likes David and me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The saving to Lee Chong in cans of beans and tomatoes and milk and watermelons more than paid the rent. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well,” he said, "it looks to me like a white tomato.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Dinners are simple: boiled corn from a farm stand, cold chicken, pasta with pesto, tomatoes from the garden sliced and salted on a plate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I stood up to fight but tripped on a tomato cage. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It gave him a little thrill, knowing that his very presence could upset someone’s walk or their afternoon searching for craft toilet paper holders and heirloom tomatoes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her face turned tomato red, making the silver flowers inlaid in her plump cheeks even more noticeable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I initially planted tomatoes, chilies, and onions — hardy plants that did not require rich earth or constant care. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Food stains appeared at every turn—melted cheese caked into the carpeting, tomato sauce drying on the arm of a love seat, a squashed eclair oozing custard all over an ottoman. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Already we had a few chile and tomato plants growing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He mixed white rice into tomato sauce, tasted it, and then covered it and reduced the heat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Supplies for the club’s first recipe are piled on the island: a brown bag labeled zebra basmati rice, a bucket full of onions and potatoes, a bunch of wilting cilantro, and a few bright tomatoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I was thinking that pizza must be umami. It’s got tomatoes and Parmesan cheese. And it doesn’t really fit any of the other categories.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As she stepped up on the running board, I nodded toward the basket of corn and tomatoes in the back seat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She gives us a warm bowl of tomato soup and I like it a lot more than I thought I would. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Shadrack stared at the soft colors that filled these triangles: the lumpy whiteness of rice, the quivering blood tomatoes, the grayish-brown meat. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I went to my cousins’ house for the holidays, my mom would drop me off with a bag of tomatoes, onions, and potatoes and a large sack of cornmeal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It’s a fried plantain sandwich with garlic mayonnaise, tomato, onions. Oh my gosh!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They ate stale cornflakes and cold tinned tomatoes on toast for breakfast the next day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I slice and slice, a basketful of strangely shaped heirloom tomatoes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Corn was their most important crop, but beans, pumpkins, tomatoes, cocoa, and other food crops flourished and supported the dense population. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I boiled them, toasted the last of the corn bread, made some coffee, and opened a can of tomato juice. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “It’s a ham sandwich and some tomato soup.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Or Mrs. Grasso would ask her to stir the pot of tomato gravy. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z At a crossroads, Dicey went into a general store and bought potatoes and tomatoes, a quart of milk and another loaf of bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But he did everything that she told him to do and seemed just as happy as she when the tomatoes finally turned fat and red. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She writes about the huge tomatoes and the cheap bread. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the song repeated for the third time that I realized the words “little tomato” weren’t even in the lyrics. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Because Dicey didn’t feel right about going into the refrigerator or the pantry, they ate tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Strawberry, stop sign, ladybug, Kool-Aid, tomato, tulip....”He slowly raised his arm and reached out, feeling for the bedside table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We went to fetch water together, and we played with empty tuna and tomato paste cans, pretending to cook and be housewives. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was other stuff, too: tomatoes, lettuce, peas, a lot more that Thomas didn’t recognize. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I guess that was just as well, because I was looking at the tomatoes May and Rosaleen were slicing and rehearsing in my head how I would say, So will you have some tomatoes, June? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd shout, and start running past women selling tomatoes or mangoes on the side of the road, dipping beneath the clotheslines that crisscrossed between the dozens of identical wooden slab shacks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I was in the streets of Frell with my father when a man pelted him with an overripe tomato. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she picks up another tomato and sets the knife against the skin. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mom would say she needed tomato paste for sauces, and they would come back with canned tomatoes instead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was the label off a can of tomato paste. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why should a superior officer give you a plum tomato, Chaplain?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It reappeared with a juicy stewed tomato on it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His dates with Joyce devolved into bleak meetings in the cafeteria, where they mixed catsup with hot water and called it tomato soup and rounded out the meal with soda crackers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I put eight pounds in the post office for my fare to America and that night we have a big supper of ham, tomatoes, bread, butter, jam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry,” Eleanor said; she bent down, but it did not seem possible to scoop up the fragments of tomato and cheesecake and shove them somehow back into the broken bag. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It was so nasty crawling around underneath that dumpster picking up tomatoes, ketchup packets,dipping-sauce containers, and half-eaten baked potatoes and chicken tenders, but it was so much fun. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z All we need to do is sauté olives, capers, anchovies, garlic, chopped parsley, and tomatoes together in a pot, and prepare spaghetti to go with it.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The setup tray was just lettuce, tomato, onions, American cheese, Swiss cheese, and pickles. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A final meal is served, an herbed omelette topped with a slice of grilled tomato. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tendai smelled a cook fire and a sauce of tomatoes and onions. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It consisted of large lumps of raw onion, beetroot, and tomato, all in a thick vinegary dressing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Then I spilled tomato soup all over the front of my blouse at lunchtime. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Some people started worrying, looking ahead to ripe beans and tomatoes and thinking about strangers coming in. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There early every morning the farmers arrived from all over the surrounding countryside, with trucks full of tomatoes, corn, cabbages, potatoes, eggs, chickens, hams, food for the city. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I go open the door a crack and there set a big ole eggplant, a batch of tomatoes, and four squashes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mom came into my room with a Swiss cheese and tomato sandwich and asked if she could talk with me a while. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was one of my best V-cuts ever, probably a little soggy now with the juice from the tomato soaking into the bread all afternoon. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and cheese would be a disaster for me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I drop my tomato in his basket with the others. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, she saw, there were beans at the end of the row and tomatoes at the beginning. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, Mummy hands me a special tomato knife and starts to talk. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They grow potatoes, onions, leeks, beans, and tomatoes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can boil noodles. And heat up tomato sauce.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The tiny creature looked up and stretched its fingers, revealing enormous brown eyes and a nose the exact size and shape of a large tomato. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ranee hurries inside carrying a full bag of tomatoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And while I was doing this Mother went into the kitchen and heated up some tomato soup because it was red. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In a clatter of forks against plates, beans, stew, tomatoes, rice, and doughnuts disappear. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s tomato soup! It’s hot and creamy and delicious! I can feel it running down my throat!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “There was one little man. In a uniform like yours. Not cute, though. Not one bit. Just shouted and smoked a smelly cigar. Terrible complexion. Red as a tomato.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z My face must have looked like a tomato about to explode, as hard as Jasper Jr. was clinching down on me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He showed me pictures of a tomato, a cherry, a round red balloon, and a banana. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Having deposited his half of the chicken with the other food, I went to the garden to hoe around the tomato plants. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z While he attached the sprinkler to it, I walked up and down the tidy rows of pole beans and squash and tomato plants growing bigger every day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She picked out a can of chicken noodle soup, a quart of milk, a loaf of bread, a bar of soap, a box of safety matches and four tomatoes from a bushel basket. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed mile after mile of green fields overflowing with tomatoes and onions and watermelons. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At which point Mandy has to tell everyone for the hundredth time that ever since she saw her little brother throw up at DeMarco’s last summer, she can’t even think about eating anything with tomatoes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The island was covered with greenery as far as she could see—not with ordinary forest plants, but with tomatoes, mealies, and bananas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Time to face the dinner plate,” Mom murmured, grimacing as the smell of burnt beef and sour tomato sauce filled the room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Of course I do. But it all goes to the syndicate. And everybody has a share. Don’t you understand? It’s exactly what happens with those plum tomatoes I sell to Colonel Cathcart.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Baba and Ali had planted a small vegetable garden along the eastern wall: tomatoes, mint, peppers, and a row of corn that never really took. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The next day, standing in the rows of ripe red bell peppers, tomatoes, orange pumpkins, and green cucumbers, I thought of Keav. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pots and pots of green plants were lined in the dirty snow, certain to die of the cold; ivy, canna, a tomato plant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Meet me at— The rest was a giant tomato soup stain. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I remember how mad I got when I saw a man reach through someone's fence by the sidewalk and try to grab a tomato. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Gus out in the garden in his greasy baseball cap, picking nasty green worms off the tomato plants. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I would look out the window into the yard and watch Hassan and his mother kneeling together, picking tomatoes or trimming a rosebush, talking. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Meggie went over to the window, rested her forehead on the pane, and looked down at the garden, where a couple of Capricorn's maids were busy tying up tomato plants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When the fruit come in we could can it—and tomatoes, they’re easy to can. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the river has so much agricultural runoff, there were crops, too: Little tomato and soybean plants sprang up everywhere, well fertilized by all the sewage. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In the rich black soil along the lakeshore, he grew tall sweet corn and large, luscious tomatoes, both perpetual challenges to Seattle gardeners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The tomato sauce was rich and creamy with leaves of fresh basil, not dried. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He ducked just in time to avoid a rotten green tomato to the head as the Rudes drove by in their old pickup, their cackles wafting behind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Meanwhile I’m thinking: Are these people ninja tomatoes or something? Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She went out and gave my father a good talking to, shaking her finger at him across a row of tomatoless tomato plants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me get honey-glazed on a roll. Lettuce, tomato, mayo, provolone, sweet peppers, oil and vinegar, black pepper, meat and cheese, hot,” I rattled off like naming brothers and sisters I don’t have. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z From little green marbles, those tomatoes started growing. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He places his tomato with the others in his basket. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast she packed a basket: chicken, peach pickles, fresh tomatoes, butterbeans in a jar, the leftover biscuits, and half a pecan pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Outside lay Celia’s garden filled with stands of corn, tomatoes, beans, peas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As she puts tomatoes into boxes, she hallucinates that she is slicing open a juicy one and sprinkling it with salt. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And he was holding the kitchen timer, which is a big plastic tomato sliced through the middle, and he twisted it and it started ticking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Next he cut slices of cheese and tomato and put them on top. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There was some concern because things were being planted late in the season, but most of the vegetables had gotten a head start in a greenhouse: string beans, corn, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cabbage, potatoes, broccoli. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It revolved, filling the kitchen with the smell of tomatoes and oregano. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I roll my tomato between my hands, the prickly stem poking into my palm. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells Mr. Banerji that some darn fool scientists are working on a square tomato, which will supposedly pack more easily into crates than the round variety. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were now, with the benefit of the manure, growing tall and leafy and showing hard little green tomatoes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A pot of tomato plants basked in the sun on the windowsill. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tobacco this year did very well, as did the tomatoes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But the rest of the meal was authentic, including the excess of chilies combined with tomato and garlic, and the side dish of traditional red rice. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Because they were hungry, Dicey decided they could each eat two tomatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wife tells me that I’m doing fourteen-hour days,” Miele mused one afternoon, slicing cold chicken and piling it with fresh tomatoes on toast. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In one triangle was rice, in another meat, and in the third stewed tomatoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Who else would work the rice fields, the tomato fields, the cane fields, litde stupid?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We make simple things, dal, rice, spinach cooked with tomatoes, chapatis. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That was part of the point of the tomatoes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of Kazi and the dried apricots, mangoes, and tomatoes he used to make by hanging thin slices in the sun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Along with the samosas, there are breaded chicken cutlets, chickpeas with tamarind sauce, lamb biryani, chutney made with tomatoes from the garden. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Those were our successful days, when so much laundry came in, my mother did not have to pick tomatoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The potatoes were in the oven, the beans in a covered pan, the table set with forks and a platter of sliced tomatoes and glasses of water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Out in the kitchen Doc was frying steaks in three skillets, and he cut up tomatoes and piled up sliced bread. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I get the plastic wrap and put it over one of the stuff tomatoes and wrap it ’round the plate tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I sat down at the table to eat, and my mother brought out a small tureen of tomato soup, a loaf of bread, and a wedge of cheese. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “I give you my sacred word it was not a hot tomato.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Whether it’s tinted pink with a tomato skin or green with a leaf of cress, it’s still manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z An old woman selling vegetables gazed at them as they stood before her stall, and she handed each of them two bruised tomatoes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I prayed he wouldn't have an outburst and spray tomato sauce all over us, but I was happy he got to eat something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z While the potatoes are cooking, I mix eggs, tomatoes, a little onion, a sprinkle of salt, and black pepper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Today, I fed the chickens, gathered eggs, and plucked the ripest tomatoes before the birds got to them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I pretend to knock on the door so that I can see what’s in the box, a bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, cheese, tomatoes and, oh, God, a jar of marmalade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Feeling slightly more cheerful, Harry helped himself to sausages and fried tomatoes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When we came back with the stones and pots of water, she unloaded garlic and carrots and potatoes and turnips and chuck beef and tomatoes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z On the loading dock, under a gray tin roof, women sort red and green tomatoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “And once the onions are soft, we’ll add the tomatoes and spices to make a curry base.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Yossarian hated stewed tomatoes and turned away dizzily and began to vomit, clutching his burning throat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Help yourself to a plum tomato, Chaplain. Go ahead, it’s on me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “See if there’s a nice ripe tomato while you’re out there getting the lettuce. A sweet one,” Seer suggested in an amused voice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I can see Mrs. McCracken out in the greenhouse, busy with their hothouse tomatoes, and whatever else they’re growing out there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Dad is grinning as he mixes the zucchini, tomatoes, and yellow squash together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He looked quite startled and I am sure I went red as a tomato. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I used to try telling my mom it was a vegetable, but she kept saying tomatoes are a fruit, so it would be more like a jelly.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I wanted to be stubborn, to stay mad, but my stomach growled at the smell of tomato and melted cheese, and I dragged myself into a sitting position and reached for a slice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Over the next few days she planted mealies, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, peanuts, okra, and pieces of yam. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Early on, back before I can remember, Momma had tried growing tomatoes and other vegetables; when it became obvious that her small bundle of tobacco was worth more than all the food combined, she switched. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z What she loved best was to rub the leaves of the tomato plant between her fingers and breathe in their pungent, powdery smell. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “And here I have a notarized affidavit from Sergeant Whitcomb in which he states that he knew the tomato was hot just from the way you tried to unload it on him.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Day 1: two hardboiled eggs, one steak, one tomato, spinach, lettuce with lemon and olive oil. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And because of that, Mama’s tomatoes were the biggest in Bumblebee. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I planted tomatoes, lettuce, peas, and collard greens in my garden. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had a tiffin carrier with tomato sandwiches. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We order our food, and before long, the plates arrive, filling the air with the rich aroma of basil and tomato. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had on his gardening clothes—old trousers, shirtsleeves rolled up past the elbow—and in the wheelbarrow were tomato plants and cucumber, flats of strawberry and sunflower and scarlet geranium. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A mile down this road the mule veered off toward the river, shuffling down a heavily tracked dirt road that ran parallel to a large, plowed-under tomato field. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We lined up the spinach, tomatoes, onions, chilies, and other ingredients on the table. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He looked to Thomas more out of place than a carrot on a tomato plant. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z You can get absolutely anything you need in the stores: Breck Special Formulated Shampoo, Phillips’ milk of magnesia, Campbell’s tomato soup, honestly you name it! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I grew onions, eggplant, cabbage, cauliflower, beans, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, beetroot, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and much more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She nod and use her knife to cut up the tomato. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He piled on top ketchup, mustard, relish, a tomato slice from his own cheeseburger super deluxe, a few rings of onion, five French fries. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I wash the tomatoes and cut ’em open. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The bags she filled grew soggy with juice, the tomatoes soft and squashy. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Like she’s afraid to speak. And when you look at her, she turns bright red—red-red, like a tomato. A literal tomato.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One day, Gogol and Maxine swim over to Hank and Edith’s for lunch, for egg salad sandwiches and canned tomato soup. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, girl, parked out back. Your tomatoes looking real good.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They ate potatoes, tomatoes, and bread for supper and passed around the carton of milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there and ate the last red tomato in the city and I watched her watching me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Then he took the tomato from me and ran to Kazi’s house before I could do anything. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It’s not fair. You didn’t count to ten,” Mr. Muse said, laughing and turning red like a tomato. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z They were lapping up tomato soup that had been warmed on the gas stove and speculating on when the power might come on again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m tom between wanting to yell at him for choosing tomatoes over Mom and wanting to cry that he’s choosing David over me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Stewed tomatoes with bread, maybe that would be a meal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His breakfasts may have been a cardiologist’s nightmare—eggs, sausage, bacon, pastina with a poached egg—but he considered his marinara sauce to be healthy perfection: just garlic, oil, tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Our vegetables were ripe and I could smell the scent of tomato leaves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She stood at the stove stirring tomato sauce around chicken meatballs. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z If I could solve the canning problem, there would be enough stewed tomatoes to last all winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Lying among the Brussels sprouts, she listened to men talk about tomatoes, onions, and peppers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When I finished eating the tomato, I stood and walked off. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I fork one zucchini, one yellow squash, and one tomato. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z My mother sends money she earns working in the tomato fields to Hong Kong. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She thanked the girl and then tried to thank the donor of the tomato. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognize small tomatoes and a lot of green leaves everywhere. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She built a fire and boiled mealie meal with the remains of the tomatoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z New pair cost seven dollars though, which means I’m on be eating cabbage and tomato till I turn into Br’er Rabbit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Frogmore stew didn’t have frogs in it, but it did have crab and shrimp cooked in a rich tomato broth with corn and potatoes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I got two slices of pepperoni pizza and an apple—dairy, meat, fruit, bread, and if you counted tomato sauce, a vegetable. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart began tramping back and forth reflectively in the narrow corridors left between his bushels of plum tomatoes and the desk and wooden chairs in the center of the room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I sort of used a lot of that canned stuff, though. I like that Spanish rice they got and that spaghetti with the tomato gravy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in Bat Deng’s market, long homemade wooden tables display dried fish, slabs of pork, yellow naked chickens, green beans, white corn, red tomatoes, orange mangoes, ripe guava, papayas, and some precooked food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She glances at the tomatoes bursting with juice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Right now, we don’t even have tomatoes, just rows and rows of grapevines. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Mom was busy canning tomatoes, and I didn’t see any sign of dinner. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z There are packages of grapes and tomatoes, blocks of cheese, cartons of milk and juice. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She put two huge pots on the stove, then tumbled a big bag of plump figs into one and ripe tomatoes into the other. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Folks had already brought over more cakes and pies, and platters of fried chicken and ham, and their good china bowls full of string beans, butterbeans, okra, and tomatoes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Unless I got impaled on a tomato cane, like the priest in The Omen who gets spiked by a falling lightning conductor. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Papa packed a sweet potato, a pepper, and two tomatoes in his bag, all the fresh food that Rashid Uncle had. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When I told Uri I found two red tomatoes and ate them, he didn’t believe me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Bod picked out a piece of vinegary tomato, chewed it, and choked it down. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was like staring through a thin mix of tomato soup and cement. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was going to crush all Mom’s tomatoes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She filled both pots with water, and I knew we would be helping her pack jars of her fig preserves and tomato jam for the market tomorrow. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was almost like getting tomatoes without first planting seeds. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It looked like a painting, the ridges of brown earth, the tepees of dark green tomato plants with their bright red fruits, the bent figures of the pickers and the blue sky overhead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mister Kamkwamba, I have something from my garden,” he’d say, opening a bundle of papers to reveal some nice tomato plants. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She tilts it so we can see chilies, tomatoes, and onions glistening in the pot below. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Claire filled her plate from a large bowl of soft beans that had been baking all day in a sauce of tomatoes and herbs, and added a piece of soft bread. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They had eaten tomatoes and biscuits for breakfast. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Is that why you tried to give it to Sergeant Whitcomb, Chaplain? Because it was a hot tomato?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But there’s no one to show the sauce tomatoes to, no one to smell his rosemary and sage. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We tried a few more, but they exploded, too, and we walked home without having eaten anything, our shirts and faces stained with rotten tomatoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The girls helped weed out Mamá’s vegetable garden and picked fat zucchini, ripened tomatoes, and spicy serrano peppers, which they bundled together in delicate netting to give away as gifts to Mamá’s comadres. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Weeds have overcome her husband's herbs, but she still tends to the tomatoes—his favorite—that glow on the vine every summer. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The beautiful woman moved a bouquet of calla lilies out of the way and placed it over a basket full of fresh tomatoes, squash, and chiles to make room for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Diligent mice tended the neat little vegetable patches which every season gave forth an abundance of fresh produce: cabbages, sprouts, marrows, turnips, peas, carrots, tomatoes, lettuces and onions, all in their turn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He looked at his tomato plants as he rubbed lotion into his hands, cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside it was filled with square tables and metal-framed chairs, and the aroma in the air was sweet and sharp—tomatoes and cheese. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Derek stepped forward, his face so red he put tomatoes to shame. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And so long as people wanted only a can of tomatoes or a pound of rice it was all right. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Her face is tomato red and her forehead is all angry wrinkles. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A masculine kilo of feminine tomatoes presents a sexual problem easily solved by asking for two kilos of tomatoes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She fried thick pink slabs of home-cured ham and poured the grease over sliced red tomatoes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the opposite end of the room, Joan was wolfing her Spam and broiled tomato with great appetite. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Grandpop reached out and palmed Genie’s cheeks like Ma did tomatoes in the grocery store. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was a tomato plant, probably the last surviving one of the season. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Just as she would never align a pine needle with the leaf of a cottonwood tree, she would never put the jars of tomatoes next to the green beans. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I passed a can of tomatoes to Brian, who took out his pocketknife. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They ate these eagerly, even Sammy, who didn’t ordinarily like tomatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw that someone had placed a nice red tomato on her paper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They whispered, “Jesus, Jesus,” and together hoisted up their tub of water in which tight red tomatoes floated and threw it on the smoke-and-flame- bound woman. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Watching him pick another tomato, I mouth words at the back of his head: “But what about me?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed past a group of women examining the eggplants and made my way up to the blue crates filled with tomatoes, jalapenos, and radishes. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He watches her measure wine and tomato paste into the pan containing the chicken. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Coraline’s mother looked in the fridge and found a sad little tomato and a piece of cheese with green stuff growing on it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Bonnie is reading and Liberty is slicing tomatoes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There were white beans and white peas and white squash and white tomatoes and white lettuce and white zucchini. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z They diced onions and tomatoes, piling them into a metal bowl. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Canned peas, tomatoes, butter, condensed milk, powdered eggs, sugar, flour, vodka, whiskey. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The grilled cheese sandwiches were in the frying pan and I was slicing up a tomato when I sensed someone behind me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Later, when she went into the bodega to buy olive oil, she saw Poli sorting tomatoes in the window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And, without missing a beat, he adds, But seriously, what if my voice cracks and everyone throws tomatoes and then they pull me off the stage with an old-timey hook?? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I pulled off a red tomato, sat myself down cross-legged on the ground, and ate it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z His tiffin box with tomato sandwiches and his Eagle flask with an eagle was on the little folding table in front of him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got my grandkids visiting, as you may have noticed. And my tomatoes are coming on. I’m rushed off my feet.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Tuna salad on a bun with lettuce and a soggy slice of tomato. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He barely noticed he’d been hungry until he started eating Frypan’s hastily prepared meal of biscuits and tomato soup. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She told me to pick three big tomatoes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Diego’s mouth was full of a tomato wedge from his salad. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I returned to the backyard with the tomato patch and the little girl of the eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Stooping and harvesting tomatoes, she tries to settle her nerves by escaping into the safety of memories, when her skin was smooth as milky tea, her hair black as a crow's wing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Green beans, snapped always the right length, collards, cabbage, juicy red tomato preserves that came into their own on steaming buttered biscuits, and sausage, beets, berries and every fruit grown in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam Houston gave me a buttonhook, and Lamar gave me a pincushion shaped like a fat red tomato. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She used toilet roll as bandages and cut into them with nail scissors and squirted tomato ketchup on them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I lay flat on my back for a few minutes and watched a cloud turn into Abraham Lincoln’s hat, which made me think of Great-uncle Edisto and his tomatoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There is corn glistening with butter, and salads made from iceberg lettuce and tomatoes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Since Mama said her floor was clean enough to eat off, she made us put the grains in a bag to save them, while she boiled fresh rice and reheated okra and tomato soup. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And then it was 5 minutes and the tomato alarm went. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m so sorry,” I say and for a moment it’s just Preacher Green in the room, the soft pat of tomato skins against the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The authorities did not regret giving permission, for once the garden began to flourish, I often provided the warders with some of my best tomatoes and onions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you making for dinner tonight, Marge? . . . Oh yeah, with tomato sauce?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As for her diet, she had vowed to stick to chicken, turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, and low-fat cottage cheese. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s a stone In my abuela\\ kitchen, A stone which Grinds Fresno chiles And runs with The blood of tomatoes. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rich tomato stew flavored with strange spices—and full of chicken! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Teenie went back to digging for roots and plucking tomatoes then, not willing to discuss it any further. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going for a can of tomato juice to wash in.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When I be younger, I pick the tomato, the cucumber, the bean, the cotton. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His face began to swell with fury and his cheeks blew out until they looked like two huge ripe tomatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “He says Fm as beautiful as a red tomato.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe more things in the world besides spitting pots had been hid from them, when they wasn’t told no better than to spit in tomato cans. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The aroma of tomato sauce drifted outside, rich with oregano and garlic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Fifty gallons of syrupy, goopy tomato sauce slimed him from above. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Get us a big ole eggplant, and tomatoes, and a couple of them squashes.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But the tomatoes had grown red and plump. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain...the truck...the tomatoes...the price of gasoline...and all the while Shiloh lays low in my lap, tail between his legs, shaking like a window blind in a breeze. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a salad of yellow tomatoes and a casserole of zucchini with a crust of Parmesan cheese. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She was packing our lunch, with a couple of early tomatoes and some salt for them in a twist of paper. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I twisted off a ripe tomato and presented it to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The colonel did not like plum tomatoes, not even when they were his own, and these were not even his own. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That night, Bertha made a special supper of meat loaf and lima beans, fried green tomatoes, and sweet potato pie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z On Thursday, when Hannah brought Eva her fried tomatoes and soft scrambled eggs with the white left out for good luck, she mentioned her dream of the wedding in the red dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Zach caught up with me as I reached the tomato garden. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I know why: It is a thankless task, but tomatoes are the least of it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When the onions are sizzling in the pot, Mama throws in fresh ginger, tomatoes, and spices to create the masala that forms the base of all her meals. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “He may be a genius, but even geniuses make mistakes,” said Kate, whose face had gone red as a tomato. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I kept on stacking the hothouse tomatoes and Bose pears. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Many green tomatoes dangled from the vine, and two plump ripe red ones. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When Father told me I’d understand by the time l became king, I said I didn’t want to be king if people threw tomatoes at me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen of the lake house faces the water, always smelling like citrus and salt and herbs, and his dad keeps it stocked with plump tomatoes and clay-soft avocados when they’re visiting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z You just go through the forest happily picking mushrooms, kind of like picking tomatoes in the garden. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The apartment was filled with delicious smells—garlic and tomatoes and milky melted cheese. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z His little brother was playing with the tomato again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Obediently Matty moved the wooden ladle around in the pot and watched beans and chopped tomatoes churn in the thick mixture as it simmered. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Dicey led them into the middle of the tomato field, away from the man and the dog. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I came home with six little tomato plants in plastic containers. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about the little gifts Kazi gives us all the time—pieces of candy under our pillows or a ripe tomato from the garden, sliced, salted, and sprinkled with chili pepper on a plate. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The chaplain looked down his arm with surprise at the plum tomato Colonel Cathcart had invited him to take. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had a lovely dinner of venison steak with a leaf salad and a bowl of delicately spiced tomato soup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was driving the Cadillac, taking some corn and squash and tomatoes to old Mr. Slocum, who was laid up with a bad back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They had a grape arbor, beds of asparagus, lettuce, tomatoes, and potatoes, as well as fruit trees and a field with corn and soybeans. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The deweys came and stepped in the tomatoes, their eyes raked with wonder. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I got this tomato from Colonel Cathcart,” he said, and was struck by how ludicrous his explanation sounded. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Doc mom fed us bagels with butter and sweet tomato jam she’d made from her own summer garden, and we drank black coffee and orange juice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My disappointing search taught me that, without the blessing of vodka, tomato juice is a complete waste of time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Each bag had a box of rice, a can of red beans, a can of mixed vegetables, and two cans of tomato soup. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z So what if he buys the discounted cans of dented tomatoes at the grocery store? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z People moved up and down the rows gathering corn, squashes, tomatoes or cucumbers into bushel baskets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I got me tomatoes and basil and left. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I asked as I bit into hot cheese and tomato sauce that burned the tip of my tongue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Byron, I want a half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread and a small can of tomato paste.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody, really, was out there advertising the fresh, healthy stuff—the gratifying crunch of a fresh carrot or the unparalleled sweetness of a tomato plucked right off the vine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I found him a place closer to my tomatoes but hidden by somebody's com, so the cops wouldn't see him sacked out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When they told Archie about the tomato, his eyebrows went up, but other than that, his face did not change. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He twists a ripe tomato from the vine and holds it out to me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dudley brought in these tomatoes from the garden this morning,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But first I turn over in my mind which snack I should mention—peanut butter banana or tomato soup. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He loved the lunches I prepared for him—usually tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We giggled, exactly as we did when we ran along the marsh, ate tomatoes out of the garden, and skipped rocks. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was as compulsory as soggy tomato sandwiches at snack time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z With water siphoned off from the Los Angeles-bound aqueduct, a large farm was under cultivation just outside the camp, providing the mess halls with lettuce, corn, tomatoes, eggplant, string beans, horseradish, and cucumbers. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Younger children, five and six years old, dot the curbs, thrusting fistfuls of tomatoes and chiles at shoppers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He'd taken such delight in his tomatoes and peppers, planting a raised vegetable bed after they moved into the house. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Afternoons with my grandmother meant picking greens, cabbage, okra, and tomatoes in the small garden my grandfather planted in the backyard each spring. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of them had fields of corn and tomatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The only math she’d need there would be for counting goats and rows of tomato plants. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart often wondered if what they were doing with the plum tomatoes was legal, but Colonel Korn said it was, and he tried not to brood about it too often. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A bushel basket of tomatoes was on the kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d helped her plant tomatoes in her yard earlier that summer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how she keep them bugs out a her tomatoes, but she do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We can buy fresh tomatoes in the middle of the winter, flown in from Israel or Holland or Mexico. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They remind me of Syria before the war, when I went to the markets with Dayah and Dapir to buy lemons, eggplant, tomatoes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Agnes says it likes tomatoes, but it’s not like we can afford to waste tomatoes on a chicken my parents don’t know exists and wouldn’t necessarily want to catch anyway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I wrote Winnie two letters about a particularly beautiful tomato plant, how I coaxed it from a tender seedling to a robust plant that produced deep red fruit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But even the teachers got some—the best kebab in Isfahan, with buttered rice and roasted tomatoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Before dark, the Austrians serve pork kidneys with whole tomatoes on hotel china, a single silver bee etched on the rim of every plate. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, it’s tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie?” said Violet Beauregarde. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Lunches in Brookhaven went straight from garden to table: tomatoes with basil, eggplant, corn, zucchini flower tempura. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Not in the first tomato off the vine, split open and salted lightly, which her grandmother put before her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a shower, then make tomato soup from scratch for lunch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Here people walked fast to juggle the dimes, to make a deal, to find cheap liver or a tomato that was overripe. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a Friday in December and my mother is frantically chopping tomatoes, cucumbers, and cilantro. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She got an emasculated carrot, a droopy leaf of celery, a soft tomato and a fresh sprig of parsley. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The syndicate is paying five cents apiece for plum tomatoes that cost you only half a cent apiece. How does the syndicate benefit?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Number four had tomato vines on the walls and a roof made out of real grass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Our experience in black-market plum tomatoes should come in very useful. Where do we begin?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Lettuce and tomatoes and carrots and cucumbers went flying all over the table and onto the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time we get tomatoes, it will probably be Christmas. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z There were seven of them living here, crammed together like tomatoes in a jar. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z They removed insects from the tomatoes, mealies, squash and pumpkins and fed them to bantam chickens penned at the mouths of the tunnels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Look at you,” Dana chortled from behind, “red as a tomato!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As I puree tomatoes in a blender, Mom leans on the kitchen counter, sipping her tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I got a couple of brothers that are the meat, a few sisters that are cheese and tomatoes, so I guess I’m the lettuce.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Smelly, too, like sweaty sneakers and boy cologne mixed with tomato sauce. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They were little and egg-shaped, not like the tomatoes they grew in the village, but she had seen ones like them in the Portuguese trader’s garden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their grandmother spent the whole day in the kitchen, canning batches of tomatoes and carrying them out to cool on the back porch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was spinach, followed by kohlrabi, salsify, cucumbers, tomatoes, sauerkraut, etc., etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But now, plump red tomatoes grew fatter every day, yellow flowers turned into bright green zucchini, and pole beans hung in clusters from vines that snaked up twine to form leafy tepees. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then in the same voice she said, “Looks like we got company. Take them tomatoes off the fire.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He popped a tomato from the salad into his mouth. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now I’m beginning to understand. I didn’t steal that plum tomato, sir. Colonel Cathcart gave it to me. You can even ask him if you don’t believe me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One boy keels over and is found afterward to have drunk a pitcher of tomato juice out of the refrigerator which was really Bloody Marys for his mother’s bridge club. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Almost unconsciously, he picked up a plum tomato from the top of one of the bushels and took a voracious bite. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z So anyway, this lunchtime I cut my sprouts up into tiny pieces and glolloped tomato ketchup over them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Daddy had been covering his tomato plants every night, and some tomatoes could still be picked in the cool sunshine. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The next morning I had fried tomatoes for breakfast and a tin of green beans which Mother heated up in a saucepan. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So I grabbed a slice of pizza and busied myself by picking at the tomatoes and rearranging them into an angry face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Another corner of the compound held gardens—from where he was standing Thomas recognized corn, tomato plants, fruit trees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The goat, With pipe hanging From his mouth, Runs around the yard, Through the patch Of chiles and tomatoes, The purple of Eggplants. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of the rice boiling, the feel of my knife cutting through a fresh tomato, the sizzle of onions and mustard seed hitting the pan. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Succotash—okra, corn, tomatoes, and peppers—sliced, diced, boiled, then fried. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was sitting in a wicker chair, holding a small cocktail glass of tomato juice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It rested beside a plot growing tomatoes tied to wooden stakes with pieces of nylon hose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the tomato touched Jonas’s mouth, his lips began to quiver. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He made a wry face at once and threw the rest of the plum tomato into his waste-basket. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We went on over to Lizabeth’s and I roast us a chicken and made a tomato and basil salad with hunks of cheese and olive oil drizzled on top. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And then she made us spaghetti and tomato sauce. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We watched while she put her fork in the tomato. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Their grandmother was out in one field, wearing a broad straw hat, picking tomatoes into another of the bushel baskets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She stabbed and parried with her right hand, occasionally shooting tomatoes from the cornucopia in her left, while yelling at the suitors, ‘Save yourselves! I’m too dangerous!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, tomato sauce is splattering all over the table. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He heaped the last of the tomatoes into my brother’s mouth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Dutch cheese. And tomato. The tomatoes are from Mexico. Sorry.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would forget lunch, and Rosaleen would come find me, bearing a tomato sandwich. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “People usually think tomatoes are red,” I say, “but they’re more red- orange with yellow-orange streaks. And there’s even the smallest hint of purple here in the creases.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When he left for work the third morning, he had brought up some food, a dish of white beans in tomato sauce and bread. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mom was growing three rows of tomatoes right in the center of the garden. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Servants park lunch carts beside us brimming over with cheese towers, spires of tomatoes, and piles of sweet rope bread and sliced meat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She tells us get away from the table and stop gawking at him having his tea and tells him to stop giving us bits of ham and tomato. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Gus whistled while he hoed around the tiny tomato plants, stepping carefully between the pole beans and zucchini that were just beginning to poke through the warm spring dirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I never thought I’d want to be called a vegetable...or is a tomato a fruit? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She followed, careful and silent, until we got to the biggest tomato plant. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He looks up from the tomato he’s chopping. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She had one fish trap still full of kudu meat, and a few yams and tomatoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cook is off today. I’m starting lunch. Come slice tomatoes.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Biddy tuck into that chicken salad stuff tomato like a backhoe. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some girls are measuring turmeric and coriander; others are chopping onions and tomatoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z First of all, tomatoes are fruit, but anyway, ketchup is a condiment with, like, zero nutritional value. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The rich aroma of simmering tomato sauce floated up the stairs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Eventually, she fell asleep in the remains of a tomato basket, with the juice soaking into her dress-cloth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I spoon the chicken into the tomatoes and sprinkle the basil and onion on the top. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “His tomatoes would be red while everyone else’s vines were still climbing. His squash were bigger and sweeter, his grapes didn’t hardly have to be bottled before they started being wine.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Here was God’s plenty, all right, he thought bitterly as he stared—liver, lungs, kidneys, ribs, stomach and bits of the stewed tomatoes Snowden had eaten that day for lunch. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The little boy was poking at the tomato again and glancing at Danny from the tops of his dark eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z |
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