Beetroot – multi coloured!

Candy-coloured beetroot will turn heads at your next gathering.

Candy-coloured beetroot will turn heads at your next gathering.

Barley is a versatile grain and makes a pilaf that is damn near as good as risotto, except you don’t have to stir!

A citrus-skin character that at its best is hot and nose-tingling, sometimes eye-wateringly hot, with a fleeting whiff of turmeric, that’s ginger!

Eat cherries in bed? Why not, once you read this.

This humdinger of a hot mixture is pretty much a staple of North African cuisine. Its heat can vary from explosive to mild. You might find it in powdered form, which can be used as a sprinkle or rub, or mixed to a paste with water and/or oil. I love the way it gives mundane meat, vegetable and grain dishes a rev up.

Strawberries are seductive little things …

Oh god, I haven’t even talked about salting eggplants …that old chestnut …
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