Yes, obviously you buy it in sweet shops in many forms, but liquorice is a surprisingly versatile cooking ingredient which...
Criminally under-rated, sorrel is a delicious lemony super green whose acidity adds an elegant edge to creamy dishes, eggs, potatoes...
Yes, broad beans. We know this column is usually reserved for out of the ordinary ingredients, but then it struck us that this in-season vegetable, while utterly workaday and about as exotic as a bowl of porridge is unfairly derided in too many households, and that’s not fair, because broad...
Yes, it looks like the trimmings from a witch’s broomstick, but salsify is a good deal more tasty than it...
They take over your garden as soon as look at you, they sting, and they’re ugly, but wild nettles have...
Oh my darling..! It’s Christmas, which means it’s time for the clementine, that jewel-like hybrid of tangerine and sweet orange. What will you do with yours this festive season? • Hot spiced Christmas clementines: Place 6 whole, peeled clementines in a pan, add 1 tbsp each of golden granulated sugar...
Go on, be honest, when was the last time you used sorrel in a dish? Can’t remember? Us neither, yet...
These berries are so tiny, you may assume they have little to offer, but you’d be wrong. They’re at their...
Yes, it’s not one of the most oft-served dinners in the Appetite kitchen either, but why not? Guinea fowl is gamey but not overwhelmingly so, and is cooked much like chicken, but take care to keep it moist, as it’s smaller and has less fat than chicken, so you have...
Like vibrant green baby eels with knobbly bits (but way prettier) marsh samphire, aka glasswort, is in season May, June,...
Tart and tangy with a hint of sweetness, cranberries are the jewel of the winter season. Packed full of vitamin...
Nothing says summer more than strawberries piled high with a generous pouring of cream – but there’s a lot more to this seasonal favourite… Wild strawberries were referenced as long ago as the first century by Roman poet and nature lover Virgil while observing bees feeding on the delicate flowers of...
