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                Welcom to best in season: January
The month of January is long and cold, an ideal time for warming soups and pot roasts. A good month for fish, root vegetables and imported fruits. Vegetables in season are: avocadoes, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbages, carrots, chicory, celeriac, Chinese leaves, fennel, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, marrows, onions, parsnips, potatoes, shallots, swede, potatoes and turnip. Fruits in season are: almonds, apples, Asian pears, Brazil nuts, Cape gooseberries, chestnuts, cranberries, Clementine’s, dates, lychees, oranges, pears, pineapples, pomegranates, Satsuma’s, Seville oranges, sharon fruit, walnuts and waterchestnuts. Fish in season is: brill, carpe, cod, coley, Dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, halibut, herring, John Dorey, lemon sole, mackerel, oysters, plaice, skate, sprats, turbot and whiting. Meats in season are: goose, guinea fowl, hare, pigeon, rabbit and venison.