Chef Jasper talks heirloom tomatoes

​Call it serendipity: In the same week that Fat City’s Jonathan Bender extolled the virtues of heirloom tomatoes, we’ve learned that chef Jasper Mirabile, Jr. of Jasper’s Restaurant — the only Italian restaurant in town where the chef makes mozzarella at your table — will be demonstrating the art of cooking with the distinctive tomatoes tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. when Slow Food Kansas City hosts the 8th Annual Heirloom Tomato Seminar at the Brookside Community Market — at 63rd Street and Brookside Boulevard. Mirabile will present a free cooking demonstration and tasting.