Instructions: In a blender or food processor, add garlic, basil, salt, and splash of oil to get it moving. Puree until smooth, and then drop warm cheese combination into the blender to mix together.

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 ...

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 ...

Summertime, for gardeners and foodies who know their edibles, is one of the most wonderful times of year: squash-blossom season. Yes, those pretty, delicate orange flowers on squash plants are now in ...

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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 ...

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

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Squash blossoms erupting in gardens across the region are enough to make one gush, “Oh, my gourd!” And we’re here to talk about how to tame this summer delicacy. The soft yellow ...

Squash blossoms, from the fresh plant to stuffed. Squash blossoms, from the fresh plant to stuffed. I first fell in love with squash blossoms after my trip to Rome, Italy. This was long before ...

As the gardens are now full of flowering zucchini, you might want to think about making some stuffed squash blossoms. In 2003, Ralph Conte shared the recipe for his dish from Raphael Bar Risto. His ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Oh, my gourd! What’s popping from a squash garden on a sun-soaked summer’s day? More than just the vegetables — their yellow flowers are bursting out all over. And they’re ...