THE EGGPLANT
An array of eggplants, from tiny green-stripped Thai, to big globe-shaped American and long, purple Asian.
SWISS CHARD
No one is quite sure why the leafy green is called “Swiss” chard, mainly by speakers of English only.
THE LUPINI BEAN
This member of the pea family (the Fabaceae, also Leguminosae) sports tall spikes of flowers in a stunning depth of the colors mauve, blue, pink, even white. . . .