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Veggie Chic

June 28th, 2007

Pan-fried zucchini flowers

I mentioned zucchini flowers last week, but for got to take a picture of them then, which gave me a perfect excuse to go back this week and buy some more. Of course if you are lucky enough to grow your own zucchini (or courgettes, for the British folks out there), you have a free […]

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June 22nd, 2007

They come in yellow, too

Big at the farmers’ market this week are these yellow zucchini. They look ordinary enough, but I’m not sure I’d ever had them before now. The insides are yellow, too, and the taste was quite similar to that of green zucchini.
The same day I also picked up some zucchini flowers, a favorite from my childhood […]

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February 22nd, 2007

Three vegetables my grandmother taught me to love

My grandmother was the daughter of Italian immigrants, which basically tells you that our family life was based around food. When I was little we’d often go over to my grandparents’ house for meals that lasted for hours, meals that followed a strict order of presentation and contained more courses than you can count on […]

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