Made with ground beef, potatoes, tomatoes, and lots of flavor, Mexican picadillo is pure comfort food and a simple dish with ingredients you probably already have on hand! This new recipe is the ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. What came first, the potato or the tomato? A new genetics study says ...

An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests. By Alexa Robles-Gil As a foodstuff, the potato can be baked, boiled, mashed, smashed, ...

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WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before spreading globally from the 16th ...

That’s it. That’s the news. Genome biologist Sanwen Huang knows a thing or two about potatoes. But his latest potato breakthrough may be his most shocking yet: potatoes are descended from tomatoes. In ...

A surprising potato–tomato tryst about nine million years ago might have led to the characteristic underground tuber of the modern potato (Solanum spp.) 1. The evolution of that tuber has been a ...

Millions of years ago, an ancient tomato had a fling with another species in the Andes—and so was born the plant that gave rise to the spuds we love to eat today. The origin of the potato has long ...