Yes, obviously you buy it in sweet shops in many forms, but liquorice is a surprisingly versatile cooking ingredient which...
Sweet, juicy and incredibly versatile, oranges offer a little bit of summer colour during winter – plus they’re full of...
Like vibrant green baby eels with knobbly bits (but way prettier) marsh samphire, aka glasswort, is in season May, June, July and August. It has a wonderful crunch, it tastes of the sea (but much nicer, obviously) and has numerous uses, from raw in salads, to blanched and tossed in...
These berries are so tiny, you may assume they have little to offer, but you’d be wrong. They’re at their...
Plump, dark, sweet and juicy, tentatively picking blackberries from hedgerows tangled with thorny brambles brings back so many fond memories....
Succulent, sweet and tender, spring greens are the young leaves of cabbages – and like all brassicas they are packed full of vitamins, minerals and fibre. As the first cabbages of the year, they are similar to Romaine or Cos lettuce in shape – they’re essentially loose leaf cabbages that...
Most of us only buy it at Christmas and then forget it the rest of the year, yet this is...
The humble beetroot offers many health benefits, but it is also an incredibly flavoursome and versatile vegetable. First cultivated in...
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...
Yes, it looks like the trimmings from a witch’s broomstick, but salsify is a good deal more tasty than it...
We are now entering the height of the blood (or blush) orange season because they are their sweetest in January...
The UK apricot season begins now, heralding the return of this versatile and pleasingly fuzzy little fruit. The editor favours hers in spring crumbles served with gallons of whipped oat cream (apricots and oats are a match made in Heaven, by the way…), while they are also a great substitute...
