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Why is saffron expensive? The flower – Crocus sativus aka saffron crocus – was domesticated in the Mediterranean area. It has long been cultivated in the Kashmir region and Iran. Saffron has …

Cherry is downright the greatest part of the summer. It’s plump, it’s juicy, it’s sweet – if you buy sweet cherry, of course, because there is a sour cherry out there that just happens to bear the same name, but, from a culinary standpoint, it’s totally not a memory you would like to cherish for a long time (pun intended).