following. Fresh stock on Tuesday.
We are due a box of trompettes from the US on Tuesday to establish whether they justify the high price tag.
South African cep is growing, but only enough to support the internal market. Nothing like enough to stick on an airplane. Things can change overnight if the conditions are right.
Portuguese & Spanish mushrooms cling on.
Prices are up, quality is down and availability becoming a problem.
st interesting now from Southern Italy.
European pears and apples cling on.
Alfonso Mango quality is a shipment by shipment seesaw.
Gariguettes strawberries are another week off.
Blood oranges are excellent but the season is in its final push.
A cusp month for fruits really. If I was a pastry chef I’d be sticking rhubarb and caramalised bananas on the menu. Not on the same dish obviously.
pain.
We will follow these flavour packed pods through France and into the UK to finish the season at the end of the summer.
White asparagus is excellent and now affordable from the South of France.
I’m sure we will blink and be eating a culinary quartet of purple, green, white and wild asparagus.
Wild garlic has come down in price as the rest of the UK’s growth catches up with the Atlantic drift assisted Cornwall.
Not long now until the foraged offering really opens up to include such delicate delights as sweet cicely and wild pea flowers.
Artichokes are in excellent condition and we expect the first of the poivrades any day soon.
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