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'Seasonality of food' refers to the times of year when a given type food is at its peak, either in terms of harvest or its flavour. This is usually the time when the item is the cheapest and the freshest on the market.
The food's peak time in terms of harvest usually co-incides with when its flavour is at its best. There are some exceptions; an example being sweet potatoes which are best eaten quite a while after harvest.
This page serves as a guide to the seasonality of food. The list below is for foods common in the Northern Hemisphere.

Contents

Spring

Vegetables

Fruit

Meat

Seafood

Summer

Vegetables

Fruit

Seafood

Game

Autumn (Fall)

Vegetable

Fruit

Seafood

Game

Winter

Vegetables

Fruits

Game

Seafood

See also

External links

Spring

Vegetables

Artichoke, Bamboo shoot, Onion, Celery, Spinach, Radish, Rhubarb, Carrots, Kale, Watercress, Samphire, Asparagus, Cauliflower, New potato, Parsley

Fruit

Raspberry

Meat

Lamb

Seafood

Red sea bream, Japanese Clam, Flying fish, Skipjack tuna, Japanese Kokanee, Salangidae, Sardines, Cockles

Summer

Vegetables

Eggplant, Green Bean, Baby Turnip, Courgette, Bell Pepper, Samphire, Basil, Cannellini bean, Trompettes de Mort, Broad Bean, Runner bean, Swiss Chard, Peas, New potato, Tomato, Borlotti bean, Sweetcorn cobs, Chanterelle (mushrooms), Cucumber, Okra, Bitter melon

Fruit

Cherry, Greenguages, Blackberries, Nectarines, Apricot, Mango, Victoria Plums, Watermelon, Fig, Strawberry, Peach, Rhubarb, Blackcurrant, Raspberry, Walnut, Cantaloupe Melon, Ume

Seafood

Soft shell crab, Crayfish, Sea Bass, Sea Trout, Sardines, Clams, Skipjack tuna, Aji, Rainbow trout, Ayu, Unagi (Japanese eel, Pacific jumping squid, hamo, John Dory

Game

Grouse, Hare

Autumn (Fall)

Vegetable

Carrot, Chestnut, Pumpkin, Sweet potato, Lettuce, Renkon, Turnip, Shiitake mushrooms (though they are not technically vegetables.)

Fruit

Apple, Pear, Grape, Fig

Seafood

Mackerel, Salmon, Oyster, Pacific saury

Game

Big game, e.g. deer, elk, moose, etc.

Winter

Vegetables

Carrot, Daikon, Chinese cabbage, Swede (or Rutabaga), Celeriac, Turnip, Brussel Sprout, Pumpkin, Beetroot, Parsnip, Red Cabbage, Leek, Cabbage, Shallot

Fruits

Pear, Tangerine

Game

Duck, Goose

Seafood

Sea bass (Grouper), Scallop, Pacific yellowtail, Pacific cod, Monkfish, Halibut, Lobster, Mussels, Samosa

See also

★ Simple living

External links

★ BBC Good Food - Seasonality table (UK)

★ BBC Food - ''In season'' section

★ Seasonal food calendar (note: this site requires you to enter a New York zip code. 10003 is one that will work)