a box of saffron powder next to a bowl of saffron

What Does Saffron Taste and smell Like? Ounce by ounce, saffron is one of the world’s most expensive foods, if not the most expensive food. The riotous yellow, heady spice found primarily in the Mediterranean, North African, and Middle Eastern dishes can run anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 per pound. (By comparison, highly prized Japanese Wagyu runs only in the low $100s per pound, and even the most luxurious Osetra caviar tops out around the $2,000 per pound mark.) Fortunately, very little goes a very long way, and mere fractions of grams of saffron can infuse a variety of dishes from the