Early Season Finds at London’s Borough Market

Conventional British asparagus is in season mid-May to early June.

English cherries can be purchased at markets and roadside farm stands through spring.

Exotic raw cheeses at Neal’s Yard Dairy.

Wild asparagus and Chicken of the Woods mushrooms– two rare seasonal edibles emblematic of the rainy English springtime.

Saint George mushrooms grow mainly in fields, grass verges, and roadsides.

Samphire is a wild edible– a crunchy, salty, sea vegetable that grows mostly in marshlands and can be eaten raw or cooked. It pairs well with fish.

Exotic plant vinegars, including Watercress and Wild Horseradish vinegar.

A variety of local mustards for sale.

Rare asparagus from the Isle of Wight.