There’s A Far-Off Planet Sometimes Called Earth’s Evil Twin
Scientists have found that Exoplanet HD 189733b looks blue with white wispy clouds, but the similarities between that far-off world and this one stop right about there.
Two Kings Spent Millions To Throw Themselves A Party For Over Two Weeks
Today in 1520 the beginning of what may have been the biggest, most expensive party of all time, involving two kings, 18 days and $19 million.
Why Audiences Throw Things At The Stage, Though Obviously They Shouldn’t
Today in 1883, a bizarre headline in the New York Times: “Actor Demoralized By Tomatoes.” Why have audiences thrown tomatoes and other foods at performers?
Tomatoes Are Fruit, But The Supreme Court Once Ruled That They’re Vegetables
Today in 1893, the highest court in the land made a controversial ruling that would profoundly affect Americans to this day: the US Supreme Court ruled that the tomato was a vegetable.
The Festival That’s Mostly People Throwing Tomatoes At Each Other
Later this month tens of thousands of people will head to Buñol, Spain for La Tomatina, otherwise known as the world’s largest tomato throwing festival.
Elsewhere…
At last, we’re getting our first batch of tomatoes! The weather has been such that I haven’t had to water in a couple months; the rain’s taken care of everything [...]
Because you just can’t get enough tomatoes!
Since we only made 9 quarts of tomato sauce this past weekend, I decided that I better knit a tomato as a reminder of this summer. It looks good enough [...]
This summer is about tomatoes
This is local food - this summer we have tomato plants in every corner of the property, including right outside the front window. We’re using this blog to document our [...]
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
The movie's essentially a two-hour joke about how a tomato is a zany movie villain, only it isn't.