Basket filled with whole zucchini and yellow squash outside - Barbara Rich/Getty Images Squash are flowering plants belonging to the gourd family and biologically considered fruits despite their ...

Understandably, many people use the terms zucchini and summer squash interchangeably. Unlike the winter squash family, which is identifiable by thick, tough outer skin and a dense, usually orange or ...

Depending on who you ask and what month it is, summer squashes are either a delight or a crucible. They grow with manic intensity in backyard gardens and CSA farms alike, seeming to multiply every day ...

Squash can be divided into two major categories — summer and winter squash. Summer squash have thin skins, while winter squash have hard shells. Roasting, puréeing for soup, slicing raw, and searing ...

Squash dates back 7,000 years in the New World, but American Indians ate only winter squash, mature specimens with well-formed seeds and hard shells. According to The Classic Zucchini Cookbook, summer ...

If you have a garden or know someone who does, you may be all too familiar with when summer squash seems overflowing. While summer squash is delicious when sauteed, you may eventually get bored. But ...