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Salad with steamed fava beans tomatoes and red onion. The fava bean—which is also known as the broad bean, English bean, Windsor bean, and horsebean–can be eaten fresh or dried. As fava beans mature, their flavor grows increasingly starchy and strong. The smallest beans—less than the size of a small fingernail—are the sweetest. The outer

Asparagus has an intense rich flavor that is nearly impossible to describe. It is a universally favored vegetable that has been coming to the table for thousands of years. It is said that Julius Caesar simply like to eat asparagus with melted butter. Here are some suggestions for how you can serve asparagus: • Thinly

Chestnuts can be roasted, boiled, grilled, braised, puréed, preserved, and candied. You can add shelled and peeled chestnuts finely diced or chopped to soups, stuffings, and salads. The rich, sweet taste of chestnuts is a good match for savory dishes such as game and poultry. The chestnut harvest runs from autumn through early spring. There

Fresh radish salad with chives served on a lettuce leaf Radishes are commonly eaten raw but they are also quite delicious cooked in butter. Radishes can taste mild and sweet or peppery and pungent. Common round and oblong radishes can be bright pink to crimson red, purple, and white. Daikon radishes –common in Asian cooking–are

There are two harvest seasons for artichokes: a short one in early autumn and the main artichoke harvest from early spring to late spring. Select artichokes that have crisp, tightly packed or closed leaves that are deep green in color. How to Choose an Artichoke Select artichokes that have crisp, tightly packed or closed leaves that are

Fall is just a week away in the Southern Hemisphere, so now is the last chance to get fall and winter crops into the garden before the cool weather arrives. Autumn weather in the Southern Hemisphere—Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile—lasts from March until early June. Planting while the weather is still

March is harvest time in the Southern Hemisphere. Autumn will come officially in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile on March 21. Beans are harvesting now. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn can be picked now. Your potato harvest can begin as soon as the foliage dies back. Pumpkins can be cut with the

Turnips can be cooked in several ways.  Roast turnips, braise turnips in butter, make turnip and potato purée, glaze turnips, or make a turnip gratin. Small young turnips are delicate and slightly sweet; larger more mature turnips can have the crisp flavor of an apple or offer the biting flavor of cabbage, mustard, or radish.