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...
If I want to add a little extra zing to a dish, chillies are one of my go-tos, but with so many varieties and such a diverse range of flavours and levels of heat, which type of chilli do you choose? Like tomatoes and potatoes, chillies are members of the...
What are they? A cultivated variety of the hazelnut, this large oval nut is at its best now. The kernels...
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 much for their pretty feathery fronds as for their distinctive aniseed flavour. Use the stalks instead of celery in soup, or as a bed for roast chicken. Use the fronds...
They look bizarre, but grill, steam, stuff or bake them and they will reward you in spades. Try these: Steamed...
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 of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts and kale. Generally pale green in colour and sometimes purple, its mild, sweet flavour is somewhere between a turnip and a radish, with a crisp,...
