Zuke soup // Provencal touch will have you saying `potage'

I never have been a talented gardener; a small plot of herbs isall I can lay claim to in my backyard.

Fortunately, however, many of my friends have verdant thumbs,and in the summer months I am often a lucky recipient of theirharvests. Plump juicy tomatoes, long slender cucumbers and tendersalad greens are typical gifts that generous friends bring by ourhouse.

The quintessential summer vegetable - the one local gardenersseem to grow with abandon - is zucchini. I routinely receive a largebasket or two of this squash once the crop is in.

This year I have a new recipe for delicious Provencal zucchinisoup that will put my cache to good use. The simple …