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 ...

Many home cooks opt for small-sized summer squash, like these from Pitney Meadows Farm stand in Saratoga Springs. Book cover for "Perfectly Good Food" by Margaret Li and Irene Li. Grilled costata ...

There's a lot to love about squash. The mild, malleable, flavorful vegetable can be endlessly reinvented into dozens of different dishes. And there are so many varieties! From thick-skinned ...

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 ...

The squashes of summer -- zucchini, yellow crookneck, pattypan, zephyr -- are the best squash in our book. If you find yourself among those afflicted with more squash than you know what to do with or ...

Zucchini is seemingly everywhere this time of year. Among the many types of summer squash, it’s what you’re most likely to see at markets and on grocery store shelves in the warmer months. But even ...

Zucchini plants in our gardens often produce more than can be used as fresh produce. What can you do with extra zucchini? You can dry or freeze zucchini, but it is only safe to can zucchini if it has ...