What's in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible on locally produced, seasonal and specialty foods.

Higginsons, Grange-over-Sands: New season salt marsh lamb from the shores of Morecambe Bay, unique taste and flavour, prized by top restaurants...............from £1.85 per lb.

A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Lakeland Free Range jumbo eggs, Bannerigg Farm, Windermere........99p 1/2 doz.

Kendal Fisheries: Windermere char.........£5.45 per 1.2 kilo.

Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Real home-made Date & Walnut Cake from 'Country Fare' in Kirkby Stephen

all natural ingredients...........................£ 3.08 per 420g cake.

Cartmel Village Shop: Mocha Madness - a new ice cream from English Lakes Ice Cream in Kendal, mocha ice cream with marshmallow and white chocolate £3.69 per 1 litre tub.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: Own-make pasta salad, contains pasta, tomatoes, peppers and dressing...........39p per 100g.

The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Wild & Fruitful spiced peach & orange chutney 190g................................................£ 1.75.

Hutchinsons, Coniston: 10lbs local beef stewing steak ...............................................only £ 16.

Oddbins, Kendal: Mumm cuvee limite 1990 vintage .............................................normally £35 - down to £ 19.99.

Richardsons, Bowness: Chicken breast fillets in Florida fruits-style marinade, a superb blend of citrus flavours with a hint of spice, ideal for bbqs or pan-frying.....£3.75 per 1/2k.

Bowland Bridge Stores: Harvest Grain loaf.................63p.

Kendal Foodhall: Green pitted olives with lemon (one of a range of 12 olives) available loose..........£1.20 per 100g.

Country Harvest, Ingleton: Mary Berry's All Seasons Sauce - for bbqs, grills and dips........................(525g) £ 4.50.

Watson & Woollard, Kendal: English pork chops ..................................................................£2.47 per 1/2 kilo.

Cranstons, Kendal: Pork kebabs for the bbq (pork marinated in a Cumberland grain mustard sauce) 49p each.

Greenbanks, Kendal: Bobby beans.........£1.65 per 1/2 kilo.