If there's one thing that defines me as a human being (other than the words "brilliant," "handsome" and "modest," of course), it's that I despise onions.
I love zucchini. I always have. It was my favorite side dish as a kid. I use it in everything now, from chocolate cake to pizza... it's a welcome veggie around here.
Summer bumper crops can be beautiful. And overwhelming. But here's the other side -- we waste up to half of our food in this country. Toulze puts everything to use, something he learned from his mother. "My mom has always pickled and jarred as long as I can remember," he says.