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I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

More recently, Lake, who grows vegetables such as asparagus, tomatoes and zucchini, as well as pastured meat, has been using software and an app from a company called Tend.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Pumpkins, squash, zucchini, and other members of the gourd family have a surprising trait: they can take up pollutants from the soil and store them in their edible parts.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

This morning, I had five egg whites and then some baked vegetables like broccoli and asparagus and zucchini.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Everything they ate was what my father would call “side dishes”: potatoes, zucchini, bean salad, and a mystery casserole that I could not identify.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech