Sun-drying tomatoes....who has done it? All the Italians are doing it! If you wanna be in amongst the cool crowd here in Italia you've really got to sun-dry tomatoes. Unfortunately either our neighbors aren't so hip or their tomatos have been hit hard by the drought as is the case in much of the country (many of our neighbor's wells have even dried up!) and I haven't been able to get a hands-on tutorial. After some internet research I gave it the good college try. I read that you just need to half them, stick them on a baking sheet or screen and sprinkle them with salt. Then leave them in a dry hot place in the sun during the days and take them in at night so that any night time dew doesn't un-do your drying. Depending on weather conditions and variety of tomato it could take anywhere from four days to two weeks. Some recipes suggested covering the tomatoes (but leaving airspace) with a light cloth to keep insects off; I chose to do this for curious cats as well as insects.