Broccoli (Brassica oleracea — Italica group, literally meaning “from Italy”) Another very healthy vegetable to eat, broccoli takes its name from the Italian words piccoli bracci, meaning “little arms.” Broccoli has quite a few close relatives and variations, and these are designated in botany by the use of “cultivar groups.”...
Known since ancient Greece and Rome, the modern cabbage is a descendant of wild mustard. The Roman statesman Cato the Elder wrote of its medicinal properties, “It is the cabbage which surpasses all other vegetables.” The seventeenth century English physician and botanist Nicholas Culpeper recommended using cabbage to treat hoarseness,...
