Seasonal food

As someone who always has bought most food from the supermarket I actually don't have any idea about when things are actually in season. Rumour has it that foods that are in season taste better and are cheaper. I love great food and our food bill could definitely be smaller so I'm going to try and learn when is the best time to eat things during the year.

By month

• August - berries, peas and beans, pumpkin, salad
• September - berries, peas and beans, pumpkin, salad
• October - berries, peas and beans, pumpkin, salad

Handy resources

• BBC website - for each month there is a list of vegetables that are new, ones that are on the way out and a list of ones that are in season.
• Delicious magazine - a list of foods in season and some great ideas about what to do with them.
• BBC's good food magazine - some nice recipes for what's currently in season
• List by season - seems to be for people in catering so has veg, fruit, game and cheese.
• Guardian foods in season articles - they focus on one food a month that's currently in season
• Wikipedia's seasonal food entry - not UK specific but has lists of foods generally in season in the Northern hemisphere

Books

• Jamie at Home - this whole book is divided up into sections for different seasons. It has information about things that are in season and even has instructions on how to grow them in your own garden. I find it very convenient to be able to flick through summer recipes all in one place.