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                    [Title] => Lazy Sundays: One-pot Chicken and Sun-dried Tomato Pasta
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A healthy protein-and-fiber combination that you can easily whip up in a few minutes.

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Versatile and lycopene-rich, tomatoes make an excellent companion to various vegetables in dishes.

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It happens like clockwork every year. Farmers tearfully trash their harvests of tomatoes, cabbage and other vegetables because they can’t sell to recover the cost of planting. The price offered by traders at the farmgate is less than the cost of the crate.

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Ola! My name is Tomatina, your friendly cherry tomato!

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Thankfully, beautiful tomatoes are in season and the markets are full of them. If one goes to the right outlet, a good deal awaits.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Lazy Sundays: One-pot Chicken and Sun-dried Tomato Pasta
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A healthy protein-and-fiber combination that you can easily whip up in a few minutes.

[DatePublished] => 2026-10-04 10:46:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807666 [AuthorName] => Dolly Dy-Zulueta [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/10/04/one-pot-chicken-sun-dried-tomato-pasta_2026-10-04_10-54-43599_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2553066 [Title] => Lycopene-rich Sarciadong Kamatis [Summary] =>

Versatile and lycopene-rich, tomatoes make an excellent companion to various vegetables in dishes.

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It happens like clockwork every year. Farmers tearfully trash their harvests of tomatoes, cabbage and other vegetables because they can’t sell to recover the cost of planting. The price offered by traders at the farmgate is less than the cost of the crate.

[DatePublished] => 2026-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136475 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/05/12/l2024-07-0722-10-53_2026-05-12_19-31-47121_thumbnail.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2335761 [Title] => Wholesale price of tomatoes soar [Summary] => Two months after the reported dumping of tomatoes, the wholesale price of the produce at the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural Terminal has soared to P70 per kilo due to shortage. [DatePublished] => 2024-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807714 [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/02/23/16_2024-02-23_21-56-05340_thumbnail.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2256705 [Title] => Farmgate price of tomatoes drops to P3-P5/kilo – DA [Summary] => The farmgate price of tomatoes dropped to P3 to P5 per kilo amid oversupply in the market, a ranking official of the Department of Agriculture has confirmed. [DatePublished] => 2023-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807714 [AuthorName] => Bella Cariaso [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/04/03/tomatoes_2023-04-03_22-53-1435_thumbnail.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1859241 [Title] => Help our farmers sell [Summary] => The picture of tons and tons of locally grown tomatoes dumped by farmers in Laguna in a waste dumpsite was very troubling. For one, the farmers toiled to grow those tomatoes and now they get nothing for their effort. [DatePublished] => 2018-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136475 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1858764 [Title] => Rotting away [Summary] => Tons of tomatoes, rotting away because they have no takers in the market, have been disposed of at a Laguna landfill, while some will be used as animal feed. [DatePublished] => 2018-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1858638 [Title] => DA to introduce other crops to Calabarzon amid tomato ‘oversupply’ [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it is targeting to help ease the “oversupply” of tomatoes in Region IV-A (CALABARZON) by sharing new crops with farmers. [DatePublished] => 2018-10-09 21:53:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804517 [AuthorName] => Rosette Adel [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/tomatoes-oversupply_2018-10-09_18-11-5437_thumbnail.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 827015 [Title] => Nutrition Month Special: Tomatoes are berries [Summary] =>

Ola! My name is Tomatina, your friendly cherry tomato!

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1465079 [AuthorName] => Lola Elyang [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785433 [Title] => Luscious red tomatoes [Summary] =>

Thankfully, beautiful tomatoes are in season and the markets are full of them. If one goes to the right outlet, a good deal awaits.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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