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“Zucchini, the slender green squash from Europe that has become an American favorite, is overrunning the gardens, as it does every year at this time,” wrote food writer Florence Fabricant for The New York Times back in August 1980.

Fabricant pointed to the influx of zucchini-themed cookbooks released at the time, saying, “We are now as deluged with zucchini cookbooks as we are with zucchini.”

Sir Michael Fabricant was the Conservative MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire before he was defeated in last year's election.

Sir Michael Fabricant was a Conservative member of parliament in Staffordshire for more than 30 years, most recently for the Lichfield constituency.

Michael Fabricant was a long-serving Conservative MP, sitting in the House of Commons between 1992 and 2024, when he lost his seat.