Often confused with tomatoes, tomatillos hold their own in classic Mexican dishes from salsa verde to pozole. When is a tomato not a tomato? When it’s a tomatillo. Plump, round, and juicy ...

The tomatillo was one of last year’s gardening experiments. It looks like a green tomato covered with a papery husk and is a mainstay of Mexican cooking, and the key component to the classic ...