To improve my Italian and to learn more about Naples, I've been checking in to the blog of Neapolitan journalist and author Angelo Forgione.
He writes short, sharp and pointed observations on the life of his city. His latest post referred to the tomato... but not just any tomato... it's the San Marzano tomato, famous for being cultivated since the 18th century in the volcanic soil provided by the eruptions of Vesuvius.
It's long and almost phallic and it's said to have a stronger, sweeter taste than your common-or-garden round tomato.
Forgione has even written a book about it: Il Re di Napoli (The King of Naples)... his description of "the tomato that conquered the world".
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