I wait all year for the zucchini plants to blossom; but really, I am mostly looking forward to the squash blossoms, those tender flowers from the zucchini, that I need to make my grandmother's recipe ...

I grew up in an Italian-American family, which meant many things, not the least of which being that, on Sundays, we always ate some sort of pasta and meatballs for dinner. And during the summer months ...

Only a cook could love flowers that have no scent, no long stems, no glamour and, worst of all, no vase life. But somehow I always feel like the winner when everyone else at my farmers market is ...

In Washington-area restaurants, squash blossoms are a sure sign of summer. With zucchini and other squash plentiful in local fields, chefs use the gourds' delicate flowers to add a grassy note and a ...

Squash blossoms are making their annual culinary debut, and D.C. restaurants are coming up with creative and quirky ways to serve the delicate and edible flowers that grow with the squash plants. They ...

Berries, cherries and June's first peaches - they're the undeniable stars of the season. But what I really look forward to at this time of year is the season's first harvest of squash blossoms. The ...

In Central Texas, our late summer months are often the time of year when gardeners put their beds to sleep by planting a cover crop. However, if you continued to grow through August, one of the ...

Don’t miss the fleeting season for zucchini flowers or squash blossoms. These floppy flowers are easy to spot at the farmers markets in the summer. Sunny orange in color and delicate as tissue, they ...