Bottle gourd might not sound as a delight for your taste buds but knowing about the benefits it has on your skin, you will surely fall in love with this pale veggie. Bottle gourd (commonly known as ...

Bottle gourd, or lauki, is a popular vegetable in Indian kitchens. While it is celebrated for its health benefits, recent reports of toxicity from extremely bitter bottle gourd juice, call for caution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If the thought of peeling a gourd has honestly never occurred to you -- if you didn't even believe it was possible -- then you're ...

Here’s a headline-writing tip for October: “Gourd” fits on the page more easily than “pumpkin,” and lends itself to more puns (“Wicked gourd-geous”). If you work at a newspaper, you’ll get sick of the ...

MCCANDLESS, Pa. — To most Americans, a luffa is a sponge. But to Wei Fei Chen, it’s a wonder gourd that’s fun to grow and good to eat. “You can saute or steam it with tofu, shrimp, chicken. Sometimes ...

This story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated with photos from fall 2021. A few years ago, Karen Hartman decided to try something new and grow her own gourds. She planted her seeds ...

Picking out a squash at the farmers' market or grocery store can feel overwhelming. There are hundreds of varieties out there and they all differ in shape, size and color. It's a little easier to ...