On Food and Cooking

predispose them to complement the flavor of
meats, even to replace that flavor, and
certainly to add depth and complexity to
sauces and other mixed preparations. (This
may also be why although many rotten fruits
smell pleasantly fermented, rotten tomatoes
are absolutely foul!) In any case, tomatoes are
a good thing to like. They’re rich in vitamin
C, and the standard red varieties give us an
excellent dose of the antioxidant carotenoid
lycopene, which is especially concentrated in
tomato paste and ketchup.

Vegetables  in  the Nightshade  Family

Potato Solanum  tuberosum

Eggplant Solanum    melongena;  S.

aethiopicum,    macrocarpon

Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum

Capsicums,  chillis Capsicum    species

Bell,   pimiento,   paprika,    jalapeño, C.