In season: April
Vegetables
beetroot, red cabbage, green cabbage, capsicum, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, eggplant, leeks, mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, field mushrooms, pine mushrooms (aka saffron milkcap), slippery jack mushrooms, onions, peas, pumpkin, silverbeet, spinach, turnip, witlof, zucchini
Herbs, spices and aromatics
basil, chervil, chillies, coriander, curly parsley, dill, flat leaf parsley, Italian Purple garlic, ginger, majoram, mint, oregano, rocket, sage, spring onions (aka green onions, aka shallots – not eschallots), tarragon, thyme, watercress
Fruits, berries and nuts
almonds, golden delicious apples, jonathan apples, red delicious apples, chestnuts, custard apples, fingerlimes, figs, fuji, muscatel grapes, sultana grapes, guava, hazelnuts, kiwifruit, lemons, limes, Packenham pears, William pears, persimmon, pomegranate, quince, rhubarb, tamarillo, walnuts
TALES OF A CONFECTIONIST 