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This rich spice comes from a fall-blooming species of purple crocus. When you buy a small container of saffron “threads,” you are purchasing the rich-reddish orange dried stigmas (female parts ...
An Iranian woman empties her basket as other women continue to pick saffron flowers on a farm in Shahn Abad village, near the town of Torbat-e Heydarieh, northeast of Iran, on October 31, 2006.
The stringy red spice is actually the dried stigma of a saffron flower. "It's exotic, it's expensive," says The New York Times columnist and cookbook author, but "it should be used." ...
Grind 2 tsp. saffron threads, along with a sugar cube or a pinch of coarse salt, to a powder with a mortar and pestle or a spice mill to draw out the most flavor and color. Then add ¼ cup warm ...
Please, -don't say paella," pleads Juan San Mames, a San Francisco saffron importer who wants to expand American notions about the spice. "You can put saffron in anything and everything." At about ...
Saffron is a pricy spice harvested from a fall-flowering crocus. Learn how to grow it to harvest your own saffron.
Saffron is a perfect example. Well known as the world`s most expensive spice-more expensive per pound than gold-saffron is a taste experience many people haven`t had, or haven`t felt they could ...
The stringy red spice is actually the dried stigma of a saffron flower. "It's exotic, it's expensive," says The New York Times columnist and cookbook author, but "it should be used." ...