As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made ...

Only a small number are edible. Some people may avoid nightshade vegetables because of their alkaloid and capsaicin content.

In fact, potatoes, which is one of the common nightshade edible vegetable can become toxic if it is consumed with the green spots as they contain toxin solanine. Many herbs and spices—like ...