At first glance, the vibrant, pink stalks look almost like sunburned celery, but rhubarb is in a category of its own.

In the last week alone, I’ve had at least half a dozen press releases land in my inbox hailing Barbie-pink rhubarb as the ‘next big thing’ in food thanks to a huge explosion in demand.

You can use either cooking or eating apples – cooking apples collapse ... Take off the heat, stir in the rhubarb and tip the mixture into a wide 2 litre/3½ pint baking dish.

Of all the places to stumble upon a true international phenomenon, a row of windowless sheds at the end of a muddy farm track ...

and cook the baby pink stems ready for eating. It is beneficial to remove the forcing jar after a few weeks of cropping to allow the rhubarb to recover naturally, and the leaves and stems will ...

"Oxalic acid gives rhubarb its sour taste so forced rhubarb ... on the compost heap and cook the baby pink stems ready for eating. After harvesting for a few weeks remove the forcing jar to ...

I have been eating this for breakfast recently, figuring that it’s mostly fruit and, um, some yoghurt? Well, nearly. If you’re the sort of organised person who has some cooked rhubarb in the ...