The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly recognizable, has earned a spot in the Smiths...
The Great American Breakfast (Shire General)
by Research Fellow Heather Anderson
An Apple a Day
The Assise of Bread and Ale, and Dyuers Other Thynges as Appereth on the Other Syde of the Leafe. (1532)
by Anon