TOMATO

Ye Old College Inn serves a tomato and purple onion salad topped with crumbled blue cheese and balsamic vinegar. The Shrimp and Fried Green Tomato Napoleon at Café Pontchartrain features shrimp in tasso sauce between slices of a fried green tomato. Iris' starter menu includes smoked tomato soup. K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen deep-fries and layers its green tomatoes and pairs them with sautéed, barbequed Louisiana shrimp. Upperline Restaurant invented fried green tomatoes with shrimp remoulade. The version at Ralph's on the Park has the green tomatoes pan-fried, topped with shrimp and a homemade remoulade. Fresco Café offers Mediterranean spicy tomato dip, comprised of tomatoes, walnuts, feta cheese and herbs.