Best-selling author
William Alexander

 

Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World

. . . will forever change the way you view tomatoes. In Italy we'll learn the secrets and myths of the fabled San Marzano tomato, find out if Queen Marguerita actually ate a Margherita pizza, and try to solve the puzzle of why tomatoes were not eaten in Italy for 300 years.

From Florida tomato farms that more resemble white-sand beaches than fields; to Northern greenhouses the size of New England villages that are redefining the very nature of farming, Ten Tomatoes follows the world's most popular vegetable from Aztecs to ketchup.

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