While the saying goes "worth its salt", it really ought to be "worth its saffron". Costing over $10,000 per pound, saffron is the world's most expensive spice in the world by a wide margin. Used in ...

ALCALDE — Douglas Oberwortmann and his wife have been picking saffron crocus blooms almost every day for the past three weeks, then carefully removing the bright red, thread-like stigmas from each ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. New Mexico State University is hoping to find out. Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, is one of the ...

Let's be real. When you fork over what feels like a small fortune for those crimson threads locked behind a glass case at the ...