RUTLEDGE (WATE) – The Grainger County Tomato Festival kicks off Thursday. There will be music and activities at the event. But why do so many Americans love the plant that was once called a “love ...

Medically reviewed by Marisa Moore, RDN, MBAMedically reviewed by Marisa Moore, RDN, MBA Have you ever wondered if a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable? Botanists classify tomatoes as fruit because they ...

Creole tomatoes are not a particular cultivar. When farmers in Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes called their tomatoes Creole, it meant they were grown in the rich alluvial soil of the area and ...

• Fruit or vegetable? Botanically speaking, a fruit. Horticulturally (and legally), a vegetable. In 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court legally classified the tomato as a vegetable because it is used as one.

Could there be anything more perfect than a ripe tomato, freshly picked, still warm from the sun? Tomatoes are one of those special foods that make our hearts flutter. With the arrival of tomato ...

• Fruit or vegetable? Botanically speaking, a fruit. Horticulturally (and legally), a vegetable. In 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court legally classified the tomato as a vegetable because it’s used as one. ...

If you were asked to name the world's favourite fruit, the tomato may not be the one that comes to mind. But yes - it is a fruit, and yes - more tomatoes are produced globally than any other fruit.

TOMATO FACT #30: In 2013, the Pittston Tomato Festival celebrated its 30th year. To mark the milestone, Biagio Dente of Dente’s Catering in Pittston prepared a surprise tomato-shaped birthday cake.

The tomato is a member of the nightshade family, which includes peppers and eggplant. It originated in the Andes Mountains of South America and first was cultivated by Aztecs in Mexico. Its stem and ...