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Tomatoes only reached Italian cooking in the late 1600s, after arriving from the Americas.
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Tomatoes only reached Italian cooking in the late 1600s, after arriving from the Americas.
From the big bang to tomato sauce
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
seawater4.4 bn yrs ago
saltc. 6,000 BCE
tomato saucedate unknown