Zucchini with Ricotta & Lemon

The French name for zucchini, courgette, comes from the word courge, meaning “squash.” So courgette is a diminutive and it refers to summer squash, which we eat unpeeled, rind and all. It’s a smaller variety of the squashes and pumpkins we harvest in the fall. And just like there are many types of squash, there also are many types of courgette. At my neighborhood store I increasingly spot yellow ones. These taste different from the green ones; yellow squash are m