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                           Best In Season: July
This month Americans will celebrate Independence Day on the 4th, while the French mark Bastille Day on the 14th. July sees the beginning of the school holidays and we will be awash wonderfully fresh foods. During July we seem to think more about how we will eat our food, with barbecuing and picnicking becoming popular pastimes. This month sees an abundance of fruit and berries.
Vegetables in season are: aubergines, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, courgettes, cucumber, garlic, globe artichokes, green beans, lettuce, mangetout, peas, peppers, potatoes, radishes, spring onions, sweet corn, tomatoes and watercress.

Seafood’s in season are: Dover sole, grey mullet, haddock, halibut, herring, lobster, plaice, prawns, red mullet, salmon, sardines, sea bass, sea bream, sea trout, shrimps, squid and whitebait.

Fruits in season are: apricots, bilberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, cherries, gooseberries, grapes, loganberries, mangos, melons, nectarines, peaches, raspberries, redcurrants, strawberries and whitecurrants.

Meat in season is: guinea fowl.