Yes, obviously you buy it in sweet shops in many forms, but liquorice is a surprisingly versatile cooking ingredient which...
Yes, broad beans. We know this column is usually reserved for out of the ordinary ingredients, but then it struck...
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...
We are now entering the height of the blood (or blush) orange season because they are their sweetest in January...
Go on, be honest, when was the last time you used sorrel in a dish? Can’t remember? Us neither, yet...
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...
The editor often arrives at Appetite HQ with fennel bulbs and fronds from her garden, where she grows them as...
What are they? A cultivated variety of the hazelnut, this large oval nut is at its best now. The kernels...
Yes, we know we usually reserve this column for the slightly out of the ordinary, but what with the current economic situation, it strikes us that there are some superb cheaper cuts of lamb we can all consider. Affordable cuts like shoulder, scrag and middle neck, and breast need very...
They take over your garden as soon as look at you, they sting, and they’re ugly, but wild nettles have...
These dear little glossy berries, which hang low on bushes like scarlet pearls, are one of the prettiest and tastiest...
With a mild nutty flavour, the somewhat unattractive exterior of celeriac hides a ton of flavour and versatility. The root of the celery plant, used raw it adds crunch to salads and slaws. The whole celeriac, gnarly protrusions and all, is edible. Simply scrub well under cold running water to...
