Pumpkins - Rich in taste and history

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The Houseplant of the month for July is the Dieffenbachia, a plant that steals the show in your home with its lovely patterned leaves, colourful character and air purifying qualities.

Whomever was naming certain rose varieties certainly had fun (perhaps a cocktail or two). I mean, how to stay serious when mid-sentence you realize you just told your rose farmer in Ecuador or Columbia: “Can you ship 50 sexy Reds by the end of the week”?

Of course you can. Flowers have been all the rage in the past few years in gourmet restaurants, although they have been part of ancient’s cuisine (or poor boy’s cuisine) much longer.  They can be part of the main dish or garnish, but few precautions have to be made: