When tomatoes were accused of being poisonous, by Alfred Lopez 'The Smart One Who Knows All'

Tomatoes, now essential in cuisines from all over the world, did not always enjoy such a good reputation, because after their arrival in Europe from America, in the 16th century, was received with distrust and even considered poisonous for more than two centuries in some areas of the old continent. This negative perception was due in part to their membership of the family of solanaceae, which includes toxic plants such as belladonna and mandrake…