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.

The plant is from a climber orchid that comes from Mexico.The pods are the unripened fruits of this orchid. The pods have no aroma until they are cured. These pods are gathered and lightly sweated in barrels which are reinforced inside with wool. Afterwards, they are dried in the sun until they attain their caracteristic aroma and color. This process...