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Fry pheasants for more control

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Go bananas over super fruit

BANANAS are a fabulous fruit. They taste great, they’re easy to eat and you can cook with them too.Read

Go bananas with choice

BANANAS are a fabulous fruit. They taste great, they’re easy to eat and you can cook with them too.Read

LIKE Marmite, the Brussels sprout is an acquired taste, although most people who claim to hate them have probably been scarred by encounters with horrible overcooked monstrosities in their formative years.Read

Oranges at their best in winter

IT’S perhaps surprising that oranges, the sunniest of fruits, are at their best during the bleakest of months: during the winter, oranges supplied to the UK from southern Europe (particularly Spain) are high in quality and low in price.Read

Make the most of your marrow

MARROWS are, quite literally, the daddies of courgettes – they’re courgettes that have been left on the plant to grow.Read

Back a winning horseradish

Q Have you got a good recipe for horseradish sauce?Read

Hearty flavour of mushrooms

NOW the dark mornings and fast darkening evenings are upon us, comfort food is back on the menu.Read

Perfect for pies and puddings

HEDGEROWS laden with blackberries herald the onset of autumn (even though they start to appear at the end of summer) and a favourite way to eat them at this time of year is cooked in comforting hot pies and puddings.Read

Elderberries are ripe for picking

Elderberries are ready for picking in early autumn.Read

Figs can only get better in a salad

Q Figs are really cheap at the market and I’ve bought a whole box. They’re great just raw to eat. But any ideas how I could use them in recipes? Edward, MoseleyRead

Cress is loaded with vitamins

MOST of the watercress sold in Britain is grown in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset.Read

Give garnish a healthy kick

NO KITCHEN should be without a good supply of parsley, a multi-purpose herb packed with healthy properties that can be grown in a pot on the windowsill all year round.Read

Glorious taste of game bird

THE grouse season runs from August 12 until December 10, but the meat is best in the first half of the season.Read

Cauliflower an all-year winner

CAULIFLOWER is considered a winter vegetable, but it’s available all year round and makes a welcome change to summer greens.Read

It’s very easy to make your own tasty tapenade

QI FANCY making my own tapenade. Have you a recipe?Read

Herb will make a fish supper

SORREL is a sour-tasting herb that complements most types of fish, especially oily varieties like salmon and delicate white fish such as lemon sole.Read