Nile NightshadeA cultural and culinary history of modern Egypt through the nation's beloved tomato. By the end of the twentieth century, the tomatoindigenous to the Americashad become Egypt's top horticultural crop and a staple of Egyptian cuisine. The tomato brought together domestic consumers, cookbook readers, and home cooks through a shared culinary culture that sometimes transcended differences of class, region, gender, and ethnicityand sometimes reinforced