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Menu of the Month chosen by Lindsey is a three-course meal using seasonal ingredients, Shop Watch features the latest must-have ingredients and products recommended by Rose; Letter from Zapallal brings news from our charity in Peru, and our Cake of the Week – because everyone deserves a slice of homemade cake every now and then.
Rose's Shop Watch: Telma Chicken Soup Mix
Telma Chicken Soup Mix - the best storecupboard chicken stock.
Rose's Shop Watch: Parmesan Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Marks and Spencer
Why? The best Parmesan.
A true Parmesan cheese is called Parmigiano Reggiano as other cheeses masquerading as Parmesan are officially known as “grana,” but they do not have the unique coarse, crunchy yet buttery quality of the real thing. The Parmigiano Reggiano sold in a wedge at M&S has been made in the Canossa Valley in Reggio Emilia - one of the most important Italian provinces for the production of the famous cheese. It has been matured for over 24 months, and carries the highest quality standard “Extra” which is an...
Rose's Shop Watch: Herbs
Herbs
Morrisons
Why? The freshest bunches of herbs.
Can you imagine buying big fat bunches of fresh herbs, as if they had just been picked from the garden? Morrisons sell their herbs in bunches, and they are kept like fresh flowers in water with a gentle cool mist being sprayed over them to keep them from wilting. The choice is fantastic: dill, sage, flat leaf and curly parsley, thyme, coriander, mint, chives, basil, rosemary, tarragon, oregano, as well as fresh herb mixes to use as a bouquet garni, and even more surprisingly, samphire. Picking up a really...