You've probably heard someone call saffron "red gold," and maybe you wondered if that was just marketing hype. It's not. This tiny spice commands prices that make precious metals look like bargains.

There is a spice sitting quietly in your kitchen cabinet that, by weight, has rivaled gold throughout much of human history. It colors food a flaming amber. It tastes like ancient sunsets, somehow. It ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. ALCALDE — Douglas Oberwortmann and his wife have been picking saffron crocus blooms almost every day for the ...