Moroccans are used to adding spices to their cof­fee, for a rather sub­tle taste, and an invig­o­rat­ing drink (a cup of cof­fee light­ly pep­pered with pep­per awak­ens very well)

A very refined saf­fron recipe: green tea with saf­fron, flavours that blend togeth­er with subtlety.

If we talk about the silk routes, we could also talk about the saf­fron routes. The Vikings knew and used saf­fron, which made Gotland's for­tune and gave us some tasty recipes.

When the machine fails to seal the bags, here is an easy fix (and it works for oth­er brands)

Saffron brought wealth and opu­lence to the cities that trad­ed or grew it. And some­times, it even gave them their name!

Between cul­ti­va­tion, har­vest­ing, dry­ing and pack­ag­ing, what are the qual­i­ty cri­te­ria of a good saf­fron? Some of them may sur­prise you.

It took a film by Nora Ephron for me to dis­cov­er Julia Child, the American Maïté — Mapie who intro­duced French cui­sine to the world. A film that plays between two eras and two lives, in a deli­cious way.

Sheep rear­ing, from lamb­ing to leg of lamb, ancient recipes recre­at­ed in a series of his­tor­i­cal BBC pro­grammes. While (English) cook­ing is not the main sub­ject of the var­i­ous "Life on the Farm" pro­grammes, it is one of the essen­tial ele­ments, at a time when rur­al com­mu­ni­ties lived in rel­a­tive autarky.

Do you know how saf­fron is pro­duced in the Moroccan moun­tains? From the har­vest, in the ear­ly morn­ing, to your plate, the jour­ney of saffron.

While all saf­frons in the world have the same genet­ic make-up, the soil, pro­duc­tion method, har­vest­ing and post-harvest treat­ment give each pro­duc­tion its specificity.