Michelle Darmody: Baking with asparagus and wild garlic

With the juggernaut that is the modern supermarket, shipping food all year around from all corners of the earth, there is very little perception of seasonal foods any more.

Michelle Darmody: Baking with asparagus and wild garlic

With the juggernaut that is the modern supermarket, shipping food all year around from all corners of the earth, there is very little perception of seasonal foods any more.

Strawberries are on our table at Christmas and apples in our lunch boxes all year round. There was a time when it would have been unthinkable to smell sweet strawberries outside of the early summer months or to find an apple far from its harvest time.

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