Giant veggies on my mind

One of the many reasons I love book hunting?  Just take a look.  You NEVER know what you're going to find.  Who knew that my secret obsession with the weird world of giant vegetables would come out this way?

Wow.  Was it B. Kliban who so clearly stated the obvious?...  "Never eat anything bigger than your head."

Oddly enough, I ran into a friend at the grocery store the other night who had two amazing giant leeks in her shopping cart.  Needless to say, they weren't quite this enormous, but the synchronicity is giggle-fit inducing.