New potatoes are plentiful and legumes are good too; peas, broad beans and sugar snaps are at their sweetest. Chanterelles are one of the best summer mushrooms, if you can find them.

At the fishmongers, mackerel is abundant, cheap and delicious, and perfect for the barbecue.

Mackerel Recipes

Fruit & Nuts
Apricots, Blackcurrants, Blueberries, Cherries, Gooseberries, Loganberries, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Rhubarb, Strawberries, White Currants

Vegetables & Herbs
Aubergine, Beetroot, Broad Beans, Carrots, Cauliflower, Courgettes, Fennel, French Beans, Garlic, Globe Artichokes, Horseradish, Kohlrabi, Lamb’s Lettuce, Lettuce, Onions, Pak Choi, Peas, Potatoes, Radishes, Rocket, Samphire, Sorrel, Spinach, Tomatoes, Watercress

Fungi
Chanterelles

Meat & Game
Lamb, Rabbit, Wood Pigeon

Fish
Brown Trout, Clams, Crab, Crayfish, Grey Mullet, Lobster, Mackerel, Pike, Pilchards, Pollack, Rainbow Trout, Scallops, Sea Bass, Sea Trout

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