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?
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.
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. Also, today is day one of the World Yo Yo Contest in Cleveland, Ohio. But most of all, it's Cool Weird Awesome's 100th episode! Thanks for listening and supporting the show!
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
The movie's essentially a two-hour joke about how a tomato is a zany movie villain, only it isn't.
