In season: October
Vegetables
Globe artichokes, Asian greens, asparagus, avocadoes, beetroot, broad beans, cauliflower, lettuces, shiitake mushrooms, onions, peas, potatoes (chat, new), silverbeet, spinach, watercress, witlof, wombok, zucchini
Herbs, spices and aromatics
chillies, coriander, curly parsley, flat leaf parsley, ginger, mint, oregano, rocket, spring onions (aka green onions, aka shallots – not eschallots), thyme
Fruits, berries and nuts
apples – fujis, sundowners, pink lady, lady williams, golden delicious, red delicious and granny smiths are all in season, bananas, cumquats, grapefruits, kiwi fruit, oranges (Valencia), and nearing the end of the blood oranges, mandarins, papaya, passionfruit, pomelos, tangellos, strawberries
TALES OF A CONFECTIONIST 