Seasonal Food
From Antivist
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.
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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
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
