Why is there saffron in Walden?
Recently, I have been seduced into forming agricultural interests, in part by Wouter Kriel’s articles on saffron in Farmer’s Weekly [see FW, 29 October 2021], but also by the author Pat Willard.
Her book Secrets of Saffron is charmingly subtitled ‘The Vagabond Life of the World’s Most Seductive Spice’, and the chapter that most tickled my fancy is entitled ‘The Making of a Town’. The town in question is Saffron Walden.
HOW CURIOUS
The very name ‘Saffron Walden’ begs several questions, including: What
