Why winter veg tastes better – and the $3 bargain to buy

Australians are reaching for their puffy jackets this week and grumbling about the cold – but there is an upside. Cold weather makes for sweeter, better-tasting vegetables. “When temperatures drop below zero, broccoli converts its starches into sugars to stop the liquid inside the plant from freezing,” says Melbourne fruiterer Thanh Truong, better known as the Fruit.

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