The Hungry Gap
Every year, there are a few weeks across April, May, and sometimes early June, when the winter crops have shut up shop and the spring and summer vegetables are in flower, but still too young to produce anything edible — like the beautiful aubergine plant below!
This period is called the Hungry Gap.
If you haven’t heard of it, that is probably because the supermarkets insist on stocking every possible fruit and vegetable all year-round — no matter the season, no matter how they are grown, no matter the distance travelled. It keeps shelves stocked, but it doesn’t do much for flavour, or any good for our planet.