Daring Fireball: Broccoli, the Man — and Vegetable — Behind the Bond Franchise

the brothers were descended from the Broccolis of Carrera, who first crossed two Italian vegetables, cauliflower and rabe, to produce the dark green, thick-stalked vegetable that took their name and eventually supported them in the United States.

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