When Lynne Rossetto Kasper—host of American Public Media’s national radio program “The Splendid Table” and elected to “Who’s Who in American Food and Wine”—was in Honolulu recently, she gave a three-hour master class on tomatoes at Kapi‘olani Community College. Tomato 101, she called it.

And then she, along with her 100 professional chefs and culinary students in attendance, held a tomato tasting. Which Hamakua Springs won!

“Our Hamakua Springs cocktail tomatoes were judged the best tasting tomatoes,” says Richard. “This was a big deal because all the growers put their best product forward and many of the top chefs were in the class.”

Honolulu food writer Jo McGarry has an audio interview with Lynne on her WineAndDineHawaii.com.

Lynne went home and put this recipe for Hamakua Springs Tomato, Beet and Avocado Salad on her Splendid Table website. It’s courtesy of Alan Wong’s Restaurant in Honolulu.