DaveMar 3, 2025

@gruber Have you ever read this 1989 LA Times profile of Cubby Broccoli?

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-09-ca-5205-story.html

Among many gems, it clarifies that broccoli (the vegetable) is likely named *after* Broccoli (the family).

'Broccoli . . . Cubby Broccoli' : How a Long Island vegetable farmer became the man who produced all of the r

"Seventeen-eighteen years old, I was a fan of Lindbergh," says Cubby Broccoli, the producer of 16 James Bond pictures, the most popular film series of all time.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadJohn GruberMar 3, 2025
@_ No! I'm blown away. 🤯🥦
Show threadhaenschenhans

@gruber @_ I don't wanna spoil the fun, but a quick wikipedia search makes me doubt this bit.

"Broccoli resulted from the breeding of landrace *Brassica* crops in the northern Mediterranean starting in about the sixth century BCE. Broccoli has its origins in primitive cultivars grown in the Roman Empire […]."

so I guess the family name might stem (ha!) from being broccoli farmers, but I doubt they can trace their family name back that far to claim the vegetable was named after them?

Mar 10, 2025 at 10:52amWeb