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Tomatoes

You'd never have Italian marinara sauce if not for South America.

Why Jesus Never Ate a Banana

About 69 percent of the global diet is "foreign," says a study that pinpoints the origin of 151 food crops.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think April 5, 2024

Snapdragon genes give this genetically-modified tomato its shocking hue.

Would You Eat This Purple Tomato?

This fruit owes its luminous violet shade to snapdragon flower DNA.

Diana Hubbell March 27, 2024

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Quality Tomato Capital of the World Statue

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.

East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Rainbow Tomatoes Garden

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

A homegrown Paul Robeson tomato.

Why Soviet Russia Named a Tomato After an American Celebrity

Singer, actor, activist ... tomato?

Debra Freeman March 17, 2020

San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Miajadas, Spain

Miajadas Tomato

A small town celebrates its cash crop with a giant highway sculpture.

Vlychada, Greece

Tomato Industrial Museum

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

Is it a tomato or is it a chili?

Scientists Are Using CRISPR to Make Spicy Tomatoes

The fruit could soon look and taste more like chili peppers.

Rohini Chaki January 10, 2019

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

Tomato Wine

Who said vineyards have to grow grapes?

La Tomatina

After the giant food fight is over, fire trucks are needed to hose down the sauce-filled streets.

It's warm and humid inside the greenhouse.

The Greenhouse Where Tomatoes Grow in Iceland

Geothermal energy keeps the crop warm even during deep snows.

Stephanie Harper June 13, 2018

The view when you dine within the greenhouse.

Reykholt, Iceland

Friðheimar

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

Newport, Rhode Island

Cornè House

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

<em>Solanum galapagense</em>, one of two species of tomato native to the Galapagos.

Galapagos Tomatoes Are Surprisingly Pest-Resistant

New research reveals that they can protect themselves from a number of common bugs.

Cara Giaimo April 27, 2018

Tomatoes for sale at a market stall in Italy.

Southern Italians Are Tussling Over Tomatoes

The latest twist in a food-based war between Campania and Puglia.

Natasha Frost January 19, 2018