279-Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World, with William Alexander

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Joe Lamp'l

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4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Tomatoes are one of the most well-traveled vegetables — or fruits — that there is and one of the most popular crops in home gardens, but after they were introduced to Europe, centuries went by when they were grown and admired — but not eaten. To dig into the fascinating history of tomatoes, from their origins to recent developments, my guest this week is William Alexander, the author of “Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World.”

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover
0:08.8	everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.
0:13.2	And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,
0:18.5	Joe Lample.
0:19.5	Hey everybody, this is Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe
0:22.8	Gardner Show.
0:23.8	Today, I'm really excited about this conversation.
0:27.4	I was looking forward to it from the time it was scheduled until we had it.
0:31.8	And then I just loved thinking back on it.
0:35.1	That conversation is with William Alexander.
0:38.6	Now if that name is familiar, it's because he wrote a very famous gardening book, not
0:45.1	anything with how to garden, but just a fun read related to gardening.
0:49.7	The title of the book was the $64 tomato.
0:53.3	I'd heard about it for a very long time before I ever read it.
0:57.6	But when I did, I loved it and I was kicking myself that it took me so long to get around
1:02.5	to reading it.
1:03.6	It was my guilty pleasure every night until I finished that book and I just couldn't
1:07.4	wait to get to it.
1:08.8	And I was sad when it ended, but back to William Alexander.
1:13.3	If you recall last week, I interviewed Adam Alexander, no relation to William, but it
1:19.0	was interesting in the coincidence in that the source for the information in how I met
1:23.7	Adam who wrote the seed detective was from the magazine in the Royal Horticultural Society
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