This month…
Small is beautiful when the sap's rising, glorious green vegetables in tiny mouth-watering shapes and sizes, gooseberry fool, Lancashire cheese and poached wild salmon for a real treat says Nigel Slater.
Spice boy
North of the tourist beaches of tongue-twisting Thiruvananthapurum, Nigel Slater discovers a fragrant tropical paradise of cardamom, cinnamon, coconut and nutmeg - but first, the white-knuckle hell of a southern Indian road journey.
This month
The greenest shoots, the tiniest Jerseys, the coolest mint, the broadest beans, the nippiest lobster, the shiniest mackerel, the gamiest duck. Oh and don't forget the rhubarb. Nigel Slater picks what's fresh for spring