Last Thursday was our annual squash tasting, an exciting day for the Unicorn team, who got to try 18 varieties of squash, all roasted to perfection. Each variety had something different to offer in terms of flavour and texture, as well as ideas for the sorts of dishes they’d work best in. All the squash… Read More »
Veg News 20th October
After a wonderful weekend celebrating apples, we would now like to spotlight another golden toptree fruit, the magnificent pear. This week ours are coming from Carey Organics in Herefordshire and Sweet Apple Orchards in Sussex. This summer’s heat and drought were extremely challenging for the orchards we work with, but the crop is tasting fantastic,… Read More »
Veg News 22nd September
Autumn feels like it’s creeping up on us, and it’s about time we highlighted the Bourjassotte fig. Fig trees from the Mediterranean have been written about since Ancient Greek times. From there, figs gradually made their way north into France, where they became an established part of the country’s cuisine. Although it’s possible to grow… Read More »
Veg News 15th September
We’re loving spring onions at the moment. They were crop planned with Kindling Farm, Merseyside way back before the start of the growing season. Currently being harvested is their outdoor crop, delivering to us twice weekly in their hundreds of bunches. It’s great to see the team at Kindling over the moon with their harvest,… Read More »
Veg News 1st September
Let’s celebrate the arrival of September with some beautiful French grapes from Provence. In our fruit range all week we have the gorgeous Muscat de Hambourg variety. Betty and Jean-Charles are small organic wholesale producers in the region. It’s hard to ignore its silver glow, we cannot stop trying “just the one” when we walk… Read More »
Veg News 25th August
We have an abundance of beautiful whole cobs of sweetcorn available this week, courtesy of Pam and the team at Strawberry Fields and Lucy and the team at Vine House Farm, both in Lincolnshire. It is definitely one of our favourite late-summer seasonal highlights, and it is looking and tasting fantastic after a particularly warm… Read More »
