In season late summer: Stone fruit
These summer fruit are characteristically fleshy with a stone (seed) in the middle...
In season late summer: Sweet corn
Buying
To determine whether sweet corn is ripe, gently pull back the husk. Corn...
In season mid-summer: Strawberries
Buying
Strawberries are delicate and don’t ripen after being picked so choose plump, bright-coloured...
In season mid-summer: Tomatoes
Botanically speaking, tomatoes are fruit — but as tomatoes are used in savoury...
In season early summer: Avocados
The Hass variety is the most common variety of avocado grown in New...
In season early summer: Cucumbers
Cucumbers can come in a variety of colours (white, yellow, green), and sizes...
In season late spring: Peas
Pea varieties include green peas, petit pois, sugar snap peas and snow peas.
Of...
In season late spring: Blackberries
Although this summer fruit has ‘berry’ in its name, botanically speaking blackberries aren’t...
In season mid-spring: Sage
The scientific name for this slightly bitter herb, Salvia officinalis, comes from the...
In season mid-spring: Broad beans
The hardy broad bean plant can grow through winter to emerge as one...
In season early spring: Parsnips
With their pale, carrot-like appearance, it’s not surprising parsnips are a relative of...
In season late winter: Silver beet
This dark-green, leafy vegetable is called chard, Swiss chard in the US and...
In season late winter: Tamarillos
This smooth, egg-shaped sub-tropical fruit originated in South America. And to avoid confusion...
In season late winter: Persimmons
This fruit (pronounced per-SIM-mon) resembles a large, firm, orange/red tomato. The melon-like sweet...
In season early winter: Fennel
Buying
Choose firm, round bulbs without bruises and with stems and leaves attached. Make...
In season mid-summer: Avocados
Hass is the main avocado variety grown in New Zealand.
Buying
Squeezing an avocado causes...
