Ten Reasons Why I Have A Love Affair With Tomatoes

Tomatoes bridge all different cultures and add fun and excitingly great taste to any dish they are added too. With a fascinating history, you d never figure that the tomato is actually part of the nightshade family, where a few poisonous cousins exist. Interestingly, the lineage of the tomato is also connected to that of tobacco, eggplants, chili peppers, and the potato. A lot of our favorite ethnic recipes would not exist if there were no tomatoes.