Most seasonal produce charts tell you what is in season and then leave you standing in the grocery aisle with a bunch of kale and no plan. This one does something different. For every season, you get the best ingredients to buy and a simple way to cook each one. It is written for the…
Most seasonal produce calendars tell you what is in season and then leave you standing in the shop wondering what to do with a bag of leeks. This one pairs every season’s best ingredients with a simple way to cook them, so you can use it as a planning tool rather than a reference list….
Open most kitchen cupboards and you will find at least two or three bottles of vinegar, each bought for one recipe and then left to gather dust. It is easy to see why. The labels all promise “tangy”, the prices swing wildly, and the recipe that called for rice vinegar never said what to do…
Whether you are cooking for a vegetarian guest, trying a few meat-free nights a week or just fancy something different, the best alternatives to chicken are already in most kitchens. Tofu, tempeh, mushrooms, chickpeas and jackfruit can all stand in for chicken, but each one behaves differently in the pan. The trick is matching the…
Most of us buy garlic in bulk because it is cheap, and then watch half of it sprout, soften or dry out before we get through it. The good news is that garlic is easy to keep, as long as you match the storage method to the form it is in. This guide on how…
If I had a choice between lemon and lime, I would side with lime. There’s just something delicious about the tangy flavour of those green fruits! From adding to cocktails to delicious recipes like key lime pie, there are hundreds of things to do with limes. I can’t add them all here, but I thought…
There is a bag of lemons in the fridge, and some of them are starting to look a bit tired. Maybe you bought them for one recipe and never needed the rest, or a neighbour left a carrier bag of homegrown ones on your doorstep. The good news is that a lemon is one of…
Have you ever had that feeling of being so content in the summertime? It’s like a special time for us all to taste and enjoy some delicious food. But what foods are seasonal only during this season, such as fruits or vegetables? Why eat seasonal food? Before we look at what foods are classed as…
Go back a generation or two and the idea of how to eat seasonally would just have been called normal eating. My dad used to work in fruit and veg and he always tells me that certain foods just weren’t around at certain times of the year. Now, with imports and transportation improvement, we can…
Most kitchens end up with three or four bottles of oil and only a vague sense of which one to reach for. That is usually because oil advice tends to come as either a long list of every oil that exists, or a single “healthiest oil” verdict that does not actually help you decide what…
Pineapples have to win the prize for one of the most recognisable fruits out there. Whether they are whole with their weird skin or in those distinctive pineapple rings, you can’t really mistake them for anything else. They are also one of the top tropical fruits, associated with anything from cocktails on the beach to…
Sweet potatoes are one of those foods that seem to be everywhere. And there’s some good reasons – there are loads of things to do with sweet potatoes and lots of good stuff inside each one. Want to know more about them and what you can make? Let’s go. What is a sweet potato? A…
