poison/food

In light of next week's discussion about eating disorders and hunger, here is an anecdote some of you may have heard. I am not sure on it's reliability. But tomatoes are in the nightshade fmaily (which is poisonous). And back in the day, before people knew tomatoes were ok to eat, a chef tried to assassinate George Washington via a tomatoes...legend has it, the chef killed himself (prior to seeing the fruits of his failed assassination).