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Cucumbers, with their high water content and fresh, cool taste, are one of summer’s staple vegetables. Cultivated for at least 3,000 years, the cucumber originated from India. It was probably [...]

The heat is on, and so are sorbets in all their icy goodness! It is believed that sorbets originated in ancient Persia, but this is not confirmed. There are also a number of legends, unsupported [...]

Come summer, the Maltese love their kisra ħobż biż-żejt u l-kunserva (a slice of crusty bread spread with tomato paste and sprinkled with olive oil), especially at the seaside. Have you ever [...]

There are about 50 registered varieties of pears in the world, and one of them belongs to Malta. It’s none other than bambinella – a name as sweet as the shape and the flavour of this crisp [...]

To the younger generation, the word ‘blackberry’ probably only brings to mind a variety of gadgets, but to those who remember carefree, barefoot summers with no mobile phone in sight or at hand, [...]

Thyme, the woody shrub that grows across the rocky areas of the countryside known as garigue, is said to produce some of the best honey when bees take its nectar and get to work. In fact, [...]

Isn’t it amazing that such a tiny thing as the caper can emit such a strong burst of flavour? And aren’t we lucky that we have caper plants growing wild all around us and could pick and preserve [...]

June heralds the arrival of the fig – that sweet, luscious fruit with no pips to spit out and, some will tell you, no skin to remove – just wash it and eat it whole. The Maltese have different [...]

Probably no herb screams of balmy evenings by the sea louder than basil. Those vibrant green leaves with their heady peppery scent, that we love to crush into a paste to make fresh, tasty pesto [...]

A cursory look at recipe books published after the Second World War in Malta immediately indicates the sensory revolution that the Maltese experienced when indulging in their sweets. In 1955, the [...]