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It’s been a long cold winter, but here we are at last in the blossom-laden, golden days of spring.

It’s been a long cold winter, but here we are at last in the blossom-laden, golden days of spring. There’s plenty of seasonal produce for food and wine lovers to enjoy within our pages, much to excite and inspire, and maybe even one or two things to annoy — if you run a supermarket.

You may take sides with the inimitable Jason Yapp as he rails against the iniquities of the ways we are sold wine by our retailing giants, in which case Dave Waddell’s ‘How to… liven up the supermarket shop’ might come in handy. If Dave Broom doesn’t persuade you as to the many varied pleasures of cognac, Peter Grogan might succeed in sparking a love affair with serious, grown-up rum. And if racy affairs of the heart are your thing — and surely, in spring, they are? — be sure not to miss Imogen Lycett Green’s chat with Jilly Cooper.