Zucchini Zucchini The zucchini (, American English) or courgette (, British English) is a summer squash which can reach nearly in length, but is usually harvested when still immature at about . A zucchini is a thin-skinned cultivar of what in Britain and Ireland is referred to as a marrow. In South Africa, a zucchini is known as a baby marrow. Along with certain other squashes and pumpkins, the zucchini belongs to the species "Cucurbita pepo". It can be dark or light green. A related hybrid, the golden zucchini, is a deep yellow or orange color. In a culinary context, the
Call for the Dead Call for the Dead Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in 1961. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. It also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called "the Circus" because of its location in Cambridge Circus, that is apparently based on MI6 and that recurs throughout le Carré's spy novels. "Call for the Dead" was filmed as "The Deadly Affair," released in 1966. Foreign Office civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently commits suicide after a routine security check by