Saffron is known to be one of the most expensive ingredients in the world and adds that wonderful yellow colour to rice dishes but unfortunately the majority of us can't afford it and, if you're like me, you end up using turmeric instead. However, we can now look forward, for a while at least, to the price of saffron reaching even headier heights!

In Spanish there are two forms of the English verb to be. They are ser, which is used in permanent senses, and estar, used in temporary ones, such as mood or location. This article lists their rules and uses and how to conjugate them.

On my never ending quest to find new recipes which aren’t too time consuming and don’t involve loads of ingredients that I haven’t got available in my store cupboard, I came across this recipe which takes little preparation time.