OLGA VOLCHKOVA Russian/American, 1970
Saint Saffron - Print available
14" x 12"
Signed print available $100
Signed print available $100
Our most expensive spice is gently plucked from the perennial Crocus Sativus, which provides only two or three stigmas per flower. Saffron is of Mediterranean origin, popular in food, fragrance,...
Our most expensive spice is gently plucked from the perennial Crocus Sativus, which provides only two or three stigmas per flower. Saffron is of Mediterranean origin, popular in food, fragrance, pigment, and medicine for four millenia. The subject of intense and varied medical research, clinical trials demonstrate its signature ingredient, a colorful carotenoid known as crocin, to be an effective antioxidant.