9 events with tag "tomato"
700
ID: 5665
Tomatoes cultivated by Aztecs - called 'xitomatl', grown in many varieties including yellow ones
ID: 5665
1519
ID: 5667
Cortés encounters tomatoes at Aztec markets - Spanish conquistadors first taste tomatoes in Tenochtitlan
ID: 5667
1540
ID: 5668
First tomatoes arrive in Spain - initially grown as ornamental curiosity, feared poisonous due to nightshade family
ID: 5668
1544
ID: 5669
Pietro Andrea Mattioli names tomato 'pomi d'oro' (golden apple) - first European description, notes similarity to nightshade
ID: 5669
1692
ID: 5673
First Italian tomato sauce recipe published - in Antonio Latini's cookbook 'Lo Scalco alla Moderna', marks culinary acceptance
ID: 5673
1781
ID: 5677
Thomas Jefferson grows tomatoes at Monticello - helps popularize tomatoes in America despite lingering poisonous reputation
ID: 5677
1800
ID: 5678
Tomatoes widely accepted as food in southern Europe - Naples becomes center of tomato cuisine, pizza margherita still decades away
ID: 5678
1893
ID: 5681
Tomato declared legally vegetable by U.S. Supreme Court - Nix v. Hedden case about tariffs, though botanically fruit
ID: 5681
1994
ID: 5684
First genetically modified tomato (Flavr Savr) approved - engineered for longer shelf life, commercial failure but GMO milestone
ID: 5684