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Fresh now: durian

Robin Powell

Intense: Durian is at its best this month.
Intense: Durian is at its best this month.Supplied

At their best

The fruit that Asian hotels ban from bedrooms is at its best this month. Durian is famously stinky, but fans can’t get enough of its intense flavour.

In now

The thin-skinned, pear-shaped shepard avocados grown in South Australia are worth huntingdown.

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Best buy

Locally grown sweetcorn is cheap; experiment with some Mexican flavours.

In the vegie patch

Coriander bolts to flower and seed in hot weather, but now that autumn is here, it can be sown into the herb patch. Keep the leaves growing fast with regular liquid fertiliser and water.

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