Top 5: Salad toppings from Amber Locke

1. Edible fresh flowers, including floral, herb and vegetable flowers. Szechuan buttons (little yellow flower buds) are worth hunting out and give a tingling sensation when you eat them.

2. Fronds of decorative herbs, such as dill or bronze fennel.

3. Baby vegetables, including carrots or courgettes, or vegetable or herb seedlings, or thinly shaved vegetables slices.

4. Edible glitter or edible gold leaf or powder – for special occasions!

5. Coconut shavings, bee pollen, chai seeds or toasted buckwheat.

Extract taken from Nourish by Amber Locke, available to pre-order here