These traditional Tudor biscuits are flavoured with prized spices – caraway, aniseed and mace. Line two large baking trays with baking parchment. Place the caraway seeds in a spice grinder or a ...

After a series of experiments using grapes and aniseed, the story goes, the first drops of the spirit were made. “In reality, this may not be entirely true,” says Fred Abi Khalil, co-owner of ...