“I bought more broccoli because I knew you were coming,” my mother informed me.

You can never get enough broccoli; that is my belief.

I am lucky in that I never had to acquire a taste for vegetables out of some sort of concern for my health. I have always loved vegetables. My mother has a picture of me at 3 years old, sound asleep, with a serving spoon in my hand. I had apparently offered to finish …