Ah, the garden gifts of July: dahlias, lilies, my beloved hydrangeas. Still, those are simply pretty. A few steps away, in the vegetable patch, others are simply delicious. Bell-shaped, vivid as ...

Zucchini flowers are a summertime delicacy. Each year, when they begin to bloom, I’ll walk barefoot through the garden soil, wet with dew, and snip off the blossoms that lie open to the morning sun.

To prepare the stuffed zucchini flowers, first focus on the filling. Cut the mozzarella into 1/4-inch cubes (1) and the anchovies into small pieces (2). In a bowl, place the ricotta and add 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 ...

Zucchini flowers are perfect for stuffing. In the following recipe, the flowers are filled with cheese before frying. The result is a creamy, flavorful filling and a supercrisp crust. For years, my go ...

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan, add the onion and cook gently until soft but not colored. Add the stock and bring to a boil, then put in the saffron. Take off the heat, cover with a lid and ...

It is hard to believe a pile of pretty orange and white flowers can be transformed into a flavorful appetizer in a matter of minutes. If you’ve never made stuffed courgette flowers, also known as ...

It may be September but don’t tell the zucchini plants. With all this extra hot weather, it seems like my plants are just getting started!! I think that next to tomatoes and peppers, zucchini is the ...

The zucchini plants in our farm garden have enjoyed the long-awaited two inches of rain we received last week. But it’s the end of June and still no bursting bright and yellow blossoms to assure the ...

The arrival of spring and consistently warmer temperatures brings a burst of colorful blossoms and two colorful new cookbooks on cooking with flowers, one from a California author and the other from a ...