Here is an illustration I did a little more than a month ago of Calabrese Green Sprouting Broccoli.
Does anyone else have trouble spelling broccoli every time? I had to check and see how to spell it because I always want to put two l's instead of two c's.
I don't normally think of broccoli as a particularly Italian thing, but Wikipedia would have me believe it so. It reads as follows:
"Broccoli was derived from cultivated leafy cole crops in the Northern Mediterranean in about the 6th century BCE. Since the Roman Empire, broccoli has been considered a uniquely valuable food among Italians. Broccoli was brought to England from Antwerp in the mid-18th century by Peter Scheemakers. Broccoli was first introduced to the United States by Italian immigrants but did not become widely known there until the 1920s."
Dear Jessie,
ReplyDeleteI love your beautiful artwork. It is wonderful to see your artwork in the SESE catalogue. Keep up the wonderful work!
-Jay
Thanks Jay :)
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