Fruit & vegetables
Raiders of the lost seeds
Rebecca’s garden is replete with heirlooms. Different colours, shapes and sizes, they dot the landscape, sparkling like diamonds when the sun catches them at the right angle. Rouge d’Hiver, Cherokee Purple, Zucchino Rampicante, Little Marvels, Tonda di Paragi… Their very names evoke the exotic, hinting at journeys of discovery in foreign parts. Indeed, many of them have come from far afield and are highly prized More →
Beware the dirty dozen
Many household budgets won’t stretch to an all-organic basket of goods each and every week, but there are some changes worth making as soon as possible. More →
Different beet
Spare a moment to consider – and pity – the poor beet. It has suffered an inglorious fate over the years. Pickled to within an inch of its life, sliced, diced, ruffled then retained in its jar for years on pantry shelves for its annual outing at Christmas. It’s no wonder that many consider this overlooked but sensational vegetable is due for its moment in the sun. More →
To market, to market
Market stalls filled with rows of brightly coloured vegetables and baskets of perfectly ripe, deliciously scented fruit, lovingly tended by a crinkly-faced farmer or his rosy-cheeked wife. It’s a vision of Arcadian splendour from a simpler time; it is the way people shop in nursery rhymes and historic novels. It’s a very long way from More →
