Purchasing Parsnips

Choose small, crisp ones.

Celeriac Purchasing

Select smallish roots that are heavy for their size.

Carrots Purchasing

Try to buy them with the greens still attached, they’re usually fresher and sweeter that way

Beets – Purchasing

Select beets that are heavy for their size.

Best Potato for …

Best for baking:   russet potato
Best for potato salads, gratins, and scalloped potatoes:   Yellow Finn potato, new potato, red-skinned potato, white round potato, and purple potato
Best for mashing:   russet potato, Yukon gold potato, Caribe potato, and purple potato
Best for soups and chowders:   Yukon gold potato, Yellow Finn potato, red-skinned potato, white round potato, and purple potato
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Produce Seasons

Produce that can be found fresh all year round are as follows: bananas, carrots, coconuts, eggplants, garlic, ginger, kiwi, lemons, limes, cultivated mushrooms, onions, parsley, snow peas, pineapple, potatoes, radishes, scallions, sprouts, and watercress.
JANUARY; broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, chicory, fennel, grapefruit, uglifruit, leeks, mandarin oranges.
FEBRUARY; broccoli, brussle sprouts, cauliflower, celery root, cherimoyas, grapefruit, uglifruit, leeks, [...]

Peaches – buying and storing

How to Buy Peaches
Look for these qualities when selecting peaches:
An even background color of golden yellow for yellow peaches, and creamy yellow for white flesh peaches. Note that the red blush characteristic of some peaches does not indicate ripeness.
A well-defined crease.
A slight give to the flesh—neither rock-hard nor mushy.
Avoid fruit with green around the stem [...]