PAGING MR RIPLEY
In Newport, Rhode Island, a statue was once erected in honour of Michele Felice Corne —because he ate a tomato. Corne is the first man known to have munched this vegetable, proving to the world that the formerly-termed “love apple”—presumed to be poisonous—was a wholesale and delectable food.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 64, 18 December 1946, Page 4 (Supplement)
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51PAGING MR RIPLEY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 64, 18 December 1946, Page 4 (Supplement)
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