10-A-Day, now there is a challenge, even in my household! To make it easier, why not just follow the Good Fruit Guide and eat fruit with fabulous taste? FOR MY FRUITBOWL, I WOULD BUY: • Grapes: Sable, Muscat Beauty and Cotton Candy from South Africa and Chile; • Mandarins: Nadorcott, Tangold or Orri from Spain, […]

In the depths of winter, any changes in the fruit world are happening far from our shores, but change there is! Think citrus in the Mediterranean or grapes and stone fruit in South Africa, as the harvest moves on to mid/late season varieties, some with wonderful depth of flavour. There is always something changing, and

These lovely crisp, cold winter days can be more ‘hot soups and mugs of cocoa’ than fresh fruit, but then a good crisp apple or pear, or a satisfyingly sweet orange would not go amiss, nor a nutritious banana on-the-hoof. And, once cosily tucked away at home, there are some deliciously flavoursome exotic delights to

Christmas Fruit – Week 50, December 2016 The choice of  fruit for the Christmas table is becoming clear as shops sell the latest seasonal offerings from around the world. There are some wonderful options, both for the painfully stretched budget or to spoil yourself a little. Why not try something a bit different? FOR MY

Week 46, November 2016 Asda aisles: ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ blaring out and it only just feels like winter has started! Well, one thing is for sure, the Christmas mandarins have started from Spain: Clemenules are in all stores, deliciously sweet and the archetypal Clementine, which will take us through to January. More fruit news for

FRUIT NEWS THIS WEEK: Week 44, November 2016 Seasons continue to change and I had a reminder of how the fruit trade sometimes gets it wrong: being too hasty to get to market. It’s a lesson that the very first fruit may not always be quite ready: a bit acidic, a bit starchy, a bit

Week 42, October 2016 THIS WEEK: A huge choice of new season apples and pears; mangoes, persimmons and cherimoya from Spain, the new Mediterranean citrus season starting, and interesting melons from Brazil: what more could you want? FOR MY FRUITBOWL, I WOULD BUY: Apples: Rubens, Zari and Egremont Russet from UK; Pears: Abaté Fétèl from