The UK apricot season begins now, heralding the return of this versatile and pleasingly fuzzy little fruit. The editor favours...
The ingredient du jour, beloved of leading chefs and home foodies, black garlic is definitely having a moment. The soft...
Plump, dark, sweet and juicy, tentatively picking blackberries from hedgerows tangled with thorny brambles brings back so many fond memories. Purple-stained fingers, tubs full of ripened fruit, juice dripping down our chins… blackberry season signifies the start of autumn. A good source of vitamin C and high in fibre, blackberries...
We are now entering the height of the blood (or blush) orange season because they are their sweetest in January...
With a mild nutty flavour, the somewhat unattractive exterior of celeriac hides a ton of flavour and versatility. The root...
What are they? A cultivated variety of the hazelnut, this large oval nut is at its best now. The kernels are white and milky with a fresh, nutty flavour and can be eaten as they are, on salads or in pasta, or simply roasted with salt. Toast and chop them...
These berries are so tiny, you may assume they have little to offer, but you’d be wrong. They’re at their...
The editor often arrives at Appetite HQ with fennel bulbs and fronds from her garden, where she grows them as...
They look bizarre, but grill, steam, stuff or bake them and they will reward you in spades. Try these: Steamed and dipped: Slice off the top 5cm or so, trim the spiky tops of the remaining leaves and pull off smaller leaves near the stem. Trim the woody end of...
Not really an artichoke and nothing to do with Jerusalem, this strange, nobbly tuber deserves a regular place on your...
Kohlrabi, which is also known as German turnip, isn’t a turnip at all. Rather, this funny-looking brassica is a cousin...
Wild morels are up there with the royalty of the mushroom world, renowned for their meaty texture, their earthy, nutty flavour, and their price (about £70 a kilo for fresh ones at the time of writing) which is due to the fact that they’re nigh-on impossible to farm so they...
