Thursday, August 25, 2011

Broccoli

It was a family in Calabria- and their idea to cultivate broccoli- that financed James Bond films.  Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, who bought the initial rights to the Ian Flemming novels. and produced every 007 flick from Dr. No to Golden Eye, was an heir to the clan who had made a fortune when they crossed cauliflower and rabe and created  new vegetable they named for themselves.

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