Yellow Zucchini

This group has tried the full rainbow of zucchini; grey, green, and now yellow. Although summer squashes (Cucurbita pepo) originally from the Americas, zucchini was first bred and cultivated in northern Italy in the late 19th century. Zucchini translates from Italian as “little squash.” The French took to calling them “courgettes”, meaning nearly the same thing —little squash. For whatever reason, us Americans took to the Italian name, while the Brits went with the French courgette