Food articles

Tastebud tantalisation

The Garden, the RHS magazine, invited a panel of experts including Raymond Blanc and Anne Marie Owens, to assess the flavours of a range of fruit and vegetables. The series of articles in the magazine explores the results of the tastings. They recorded the results and observations which feature in the following articles (pdfs):

Perceptions of taste
How do we perceive flavour? Is flavour the same as taste? Food writer, Christine McFadden investigates. More on this...

Strawberries
The success to sweet strawberries is not just down to which cultivars you choose but also to how you grow them. More...

Tomatoes
Home-grown tomatoes fresh off the vine are fragrant and sweet. Sarah Wain tries mini-plum and cherry tomatoes. More...

Salad leaves
With various flavours, some subtle, some spicy, salad greens (and indeed reds) look and taste good. More...

Apples and pears
These fruit reward growers with powerful fragrance and flavour in autumn. More...