Aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers are ideal plants for pots and growing from ... Carefully loosen the compost, then gently hold a leaf and lift, while levering from beneath the roots with ...

From Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How To Cook With Vegetables And Other Plants by Gill Meller (£27, Quadrille), out now Aubergine, chickpea and tomato bake (musaqa’a) Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley ...

It comes from gut guru Dr Tim Spector’s new recipe book, so it’s no surprise that it contains a whopping seven plants. The star of the show is aubergine, a vegetable rich in anti-inflammatory ...