regional

In this episode of Local Obsessions, Hashim Aslami, a saffron producer and Afghanistan’s top advisor in the saffron sector, talks about the world’s most expensive spice.

Welcome to Local Obsession, where we highlight niche regional specialities. Every region has a food they are obsessed with—in Hatch, New Mexico, that something is chiles.

Ivar travels across the country to meet the chefs who are influenced by this new culinary tradition and defining it on their own terms.