English Asparagus and it’s Varieties
Its just starting and the recent rained may have dampened the harvests but they are slowly coming through from Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and the Wye Valley. We’ve got the choice for you of this special English delicacy.
Ile de Ré New Potatoes and our very French Weekend



This very french of weekends was no different at Turnips with the arrival of some fantastic produce from all over France. New Fresh herbs and Lautrec Garlics, Muskat pumpkins as well as the infamous Ile de Ré new potato.
This new potato appears on the island of Ile de Ré on the west coast of France at the beginning of Spring. Like Jerseys Royals it’s unique flavour, with its strong taste of the seaside and crumbly sweet flesh, makes it justly sought after and appreciated. So much so that it is the only potato in France granted Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée as a sign of its uniqueness and quality.
Spring Salads and the first Heirloom Tomatoes
The rain may have washed out the first days of spring for the most of us but are god send to a lot of Farmers who need that first drop to kick start this years crop. And as the rain signifies the start of the perennial seasons cycle, its the freshness of which some produce comes in to Turnips is the real sign of a market lifting of its stout winter colours for sharp and light crisp greens and reds of the first sprung leaves. Although it only maybe seen in the tantalising vermillion of wild garlic, the rouge of radish and the exotic browns and blacks of heirlooms we at Turnips get excited knowing there’s more yet to come.






