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.
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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.
Saffron appeared more than 4,000 years ago in Asia. There are many legends about its journey, but the history of this luxury product is well known.