A Fantastic Gift, A Collaboration of Rugby Players and Chefs, Created by Simon Martin and Claire Harrison

COOKING WITH BALLS - 22 of the rugby union game‘s top ball handlers leave the line out and step up to the hot plate, to discover that working on the pass with 23 of the country‘s top chefs is a whole different ball game.

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Seasonal Produce
Rhubarb

Botanically speaking, rhubarb is considered a vegetable, but it's most often treated as a fruit — though it's rarely eaten raw. Just like fresh cranberries, rhubarb is almost unbearably tart on its own and needs the sweetness of sugar, honey, or fruit juice added to it to balance out the acidity. Rhubarb's nickname is the "pie plant" because that is the primary use for this vegetable.

Seasonal Produce
Asparagus

Although the season is very short, British asparagus is well worth the wait for its unbeatable flavour and freshness.

Asparagus has plenty of vitamins, including vitamins A,E,K and B6 in relatively large numbers. Just four asparagus spears have 22% of your daily recommended value of folate, which are all responsible for helping you achieve optimal health.

Seasonal Produce
Romaine Lettuce

Romaine (Lactuca sativa, varietylongifolia).
Also known as: Cos, Roman lettuce, Manchester lettuce.

Romaine is the American term for this long leafed lettuce, also called cos or cos lettuce (mainly with British-speaking peoples) because it is said to have originated on the Greek island of Cos (Kos), off the coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea (also the birthplace of the physician Hippocrates). It's original home is western Europe and the eastern Mediterranean area.