It is a tradicional French blend of four sweet herbs: parsley, chive, tarragon and chervil. They give a delicate and fresh aroma to salads, egg dishes, chicken and poached fish. The heat diminishes it´s flavour, therefore it´s convenient to add them to hot dishes at the end of cooking.

There are a great variety of chiles or peppers which are are consumed unripened or dry. Among the dry ones consumed, the most popular in Europe are the so-called “Bird’s eye chilis”, a variety of small and very spicy chilis. Powdered cayenne is obtained by grinding some little red chiles of the “Capsicum Frutenses variety”. This results in a very spicy...

It has a lot in common with marjoram, although its flavour is stronger. It´s flavour is the quintessence of pizza, and, as is the case with marjoram, it is used in vinager dressings, pastas, aubergines, seafood and salads.