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Vicksburg, Mississippi

The Tomato Place

Pull off Highway 61 in high summer for fried green tomato BLTs, turkey legs, and boiled peanuts.
Oaxaca, Mexico

Levadura de Olla

Step past a rainbow of Oaxacan nightshades for a menu of regional moles worthy of weddings and funerals.
Jupiter, Florida

Al Capone’s Tomato Farm and Burt Reynolds Ranch

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.
King City, California

The Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum

This museum honors the farming past of the “Salad Bowl of the World.”
You'd never have Italian marinara sauce if not for South America.
food

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 April 5, 2024
Snapdragon genes give this genetically-modified tomato its shocking hue.
science

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.
food

Why Soviet Russia Named a Tomato After an American Celebrity

Singer, actor, activist ... tomato?
Debra Freeman March 17, 2020
Gastro Obscura

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?
science

Scientists Are Using CRISPR to Make Spicy Tomatoes

The fruit could soon look and taste more like chili peppers.
Rohini Chaki January 10, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Gastro Obscura

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

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

Tomato Wine

Who said vineyards have to grow grapes?
Gastro Obscura

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.
farms

The Greenhouse Where Tomatoes Grow in Iceland

Geothermal energy keeps the crop warm even during deep snows.
Stephanie Harper June 13, 2018