Carmela Soprano's Fiori di Zucca Fritti (Fried Zucchini (Squash) Flowers)

If you garden in Canada, September is a cruel month.

Plants, like tomatoes and zucchini, are still making flowers.

But you know darn well that there isn't enough time for them to ripen.

Another month, the garden will be compost fodder.



Still, there are those honking big yellow flowers on the zucchini plants.

It's a shame to just waste them.

So, don't...





In the Mia Cucina chapter of