It’s the second most wonderful time of the year! Zucchini season is upon us, and our garden is overflowing with great green gourds. Like most years, I fretted about whether we’d have enough. Don’t ...

Zucchini is a versatile and healthy vegetable we love incorporating into summer recipes. The green squash grows well in backyard gardens and is priced affordably in grocery store produce aisles all ...

Yellow squash and zucchini are a staple of summer farmers markets. And, they are as versatile as they are bountiful. While those two varieties of squash are common at grocery stores year-round, the ...

There is a reason I titled my cookbook “The Zucchini Houdini.” I’m a master at making all that squash disappear! It’s that time of year when the squash is out of control. If you have a bounty, here is ...

While interning with my pastry teacher, Claire Legas, at Cafe Cacao in Berkeley, I learned just how tedious pastry making can be. Thankfully, I didn’t have to learn this firsthand. Claire had worked ...

It’s easy to confuse cousa (aka kousa or Magda squash) with spaghetti squash—they look nearly identical! However, cousa’s flesh and seeds are edible. This Middle Eastern variety has very thin skin and ...

For an overabundance of squash, we have recipes and suggestions. Besides the ubiquitous pies and casseroles, you could also buy an inexpensive spiralizer and have zucchini "noodles" all summer. Just ...

Basket filled with whole zucchini and yellow squash outside - Barbara Rich/Getty Images Squash are flowering plants belonging to the gourd family and biologically considered fruits despite their ...

In The Classic Zucchini Cookbook, Andrea Chesman repeats the old saying that the true test of a friend is one willing to accept zucchini in September. Certainly zucchini is one of the most prolific of ...

If you didn’t plant butternut squash and zucchini, packages of them already cut into spirals are easy to find at most San Antonio grocery stores and make an excellent base for this herbaceous salad.

Thomas Roy once played a street preacher in the film “12 Monkeys,” starring Bruce Willis. But that’s not the Pennsylvania actor’s biggest claim to fame. During the height of summer, his name tends to ...

We chatted with four chefs about zucchini and the best way to cook it. While each had their own preferences for adding some extra zip to their dish, all agreed that grilling is the best way to prepare ...