An elementary music teacher in Cheyenne, Wyoming, reports that on a cold and windy day, one of her three-year-old students declared that she wished they were all on a sandy beach where they could change into their zucchinis. It was clearly a...
A listener in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, was surprised to learn that in England the word marrow refers to zucchini. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Marrow Vegetable” We heard from Lucy Zeldin-Rust, who listens to us in Two...
Monica from California, who grew up speaking Italian, has always pronounced bruschetta, the Italian bread soaked with olive oil and topped with savory ingredients, with a k sound, as in zucchini and Chianti. Pronouncing it with sh instead is...