What’s in Season

Buy it fresh and treat it right, and cantaloupe may become your favorite bite of the season

Fried, grilled, or plated raw, Georgia’s famed Vidalia onions are springtime MVPs

This simple cooking method transforms the staple into a sweet and creamy late-winter star

Southeast Asia’s secret to perfect curries, this buried treasure is right at home in Southern kitchens

An heirloom apple that keeps on giving, this black beauty gets sweeter with age

This Appalachian tradition is the ultimate way to preserve a late-summer green-bean haul

Get to know the perfect pepper for anyone who doesn’t like the heat

Onions’ sweeter, more delicate cousins are culinary utility players

With their unmistakable chompers and full, balanced, flavor, sheepshead are as delightful to catch as they are to eat

Creasy greens, an Appalachian relative of watercress, add peppery heat to winter plates

Top this fall favorite with a hearty sauce to transform it into a pasta-like autumn feast

Ultrasweet Gulf Coast Royal Reds are worth shelling out for

Cobble together a tempting dessert with early summer blackberries

Whether you bag them or buy them, this bird makes a terrific addition to any festive spread

Come autumn, fresh pecans are at their sweet peak

One taste of an Ashe County pimento, and you may shun watery bell peppers for good

Pink-eyed purple-hulls might be the fairest field pea of them all

From pickles to slaw, kohlrabi makes an unexpected — and extra-crisp — substitute for cabbage

Garlic’s milder kid brother is a bright and sweet cold-weather treat

A delicacy straight from the tree, this walnut is everything it’s cracked up to be