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WELCOME TO March
It’s the in-between month – a few spring flowers poking their blooms bravely through the soil, but no fresh home-grown veg or fruit to get eager about, apart from glorious pink forced rhubarb. It’s time to enjoy the last of the frost-nipped root veg, autumn-stored apples and pears. Cling on to ray-of-sunshine citrus and rev up the anticipation for those green shoots of spring. They’re on their way!
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While the delicious. food team are testing recipes, they’re often debating the best ways to do things, as well as answer everybody else’s cookery questions, such as (this month) “What are all the different oats for?” and “Isn’t it easier just to let the person eating the food add the salt?” Here they’ve collected the best know-how together – with a helping hand from a friendly specialist or two. It’s the kind of information you won’t find anywhere else and it will take your cooking to the next level.
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